Large-cap ETFs post biggest outflows in a year

Investors withdrew $34.6B from conventional funds and ETFs, according to the latest Refinitiv Lipper fund flow report

Large-cap ETFs have recorded outflows of $9.4 billion for the period ending Feb. 2, according to the latest fund flow report from Refinitiv Lipper. The figure marks the largest outflows since February of last year.  

Ticker Security Last Change Change %
SPY SPDR S&P 500 ETF TRUST - USD DIS 600.80 +3.39 +0.57%
IWM ISHARES TRUST RUSSELL 2000 ETF 240.61 -1.78 -0.73%

The SPDR S&P 500 ETF and iShares Russell 2000 ETF led the week's outflows, with investors redeeming $15.8 billion and $1.1 billion, respectively.  

Ticker Security Last Change Change %
IJR ISHARES CORE S&P SMALL-CAP ETF - USD DIS 126.17 -1.22 -0.95%
XLK TECHNOLOGY SELECT SECTOR SPDR ETF 234.75 +1.19 +0.51%
IVV ISHARES CORE S&P 500 ETF - USD 603.73 +3.38 +0.56%

Meanwhile, small-cap ETFs, sector technology ETFs and value-aggressive ETFs posted outflows of $1.5 billion, $995 million, and $905 million, respectively. 

Despite suffering a third straight week of outflows greater than $8 billion, large-cap ETFs saw a weekly gain of 4.87%, the largest since April 2020.

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Exchanged-traded equity funds recorded $10 billion in outflows for the week, despite a weekly gain of 4.33%, the largest since November 2020.  

Ticker Security Last Change Change %
CAD NO DATA AVAILABLE - - -
QQQ INVESCO QQQ TRUST - USD DIS 509.32 +2.73 +0.54%

Equity ETFs with the largest inflows for the week included the iShares: Core S&P 500 and Invesco QQQ Trust 1, which took in $2.8 billion and $2.6 billion, respectively.

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Fixed-income ETFs suffered net outflows of $1.1 billion, led by the iShares TIPS Bond ETF and iShares: 7-10 Treasury Bond ETF's outflows of $1.6 billion and $1 billion, respectively. 

Ticker Security Last Change Change %
TIP ISHARES TIPS BOND ETF - USD 108.11 -0.20 -0.18%
IEF ISHARES 7-10 YEAR TREASURY BOND ETF - USD 94.41 -0.20 -0.21%
IUSB ISHARES TRUST CORE TOTAL USD BD MKT ETF U 45.93 -0.07 -0.15%
BIL SPDR® BLOOMBERG 1-3 MONTH T-BILL ETF - USD DIS 91.73 +0.01 +0.01%

The largest inflows came from the iShares: Core Total USD Bond Market ETF and SPDR Bloomberg 1- Month T-Bill ETF, which brought in $1.7 billion and $1.4 billion, respectively. 

Overall, investors withdrew a net total of $34.6 billion from conventional funds and ETFs. The largest outflows came from money market funds, which lost $21.4 billion. Meanwhile, equity funds posted outflows of $5.2 billion, taxable bond funds saw outflows of $5.1 billion and tax-exempt bond funds suffered outflows of $2.9 billion.