Tag: iShares Russell 2000 (IWM)
Large Caps Outpacing Small Caps – Weekly ETF Fund Flows
Investors pumped money into ETFs last week as the Dow and S&P 500 reached new all-time highs. The total amount of money invested in US listed ETFs soared to over $1.8 trillion! These fund flows are a valuable indicator of what traders are thinking. It takes a lot of buying or selling to drive millions […]
Stocks And Bonds Diverge – Weekly ETF Fund Flows
The old Wall Street adage ‘Sell in May and go away’ hasn’t worked out too well for investors this year. The S&P 500 finished the week at a new all time high of 1,949… that’s up 3.5% since the beginning of May! The rise in stocks has been accompanied by an influx of money into […]
Small Cap ETF Fund Flows Reverse – Weekly ETF Fund Flows
Investors shook off their fears and put money to work in US stock ETFs last week. In fact, inflows into ETFs holding US stocks outpaced outflows by a wide margin. These fund flows are a valuable indicator of what traders are thinking. It takes a lot of buying or selling to drive millions or even […]
Investors Dump Small Caps In Favor Of Treasuries – Weekly ETF Fund Flows
So far the month of May is living up to expectations. In other words, investors are selling in May. But it remains to be seen if they go away or if they’re lured back into stocks. The seasonal rotation out of US stocks was helped along by rising violence and tension in Ukraine and a […]
Sell In May And Go Away – Weekly ETF Fund Flows
Looking at the recent ETF flows, it appears that investors are getting a head start on their ‘Sell in May and Go Away’ strategy this year. Fund flows are a valuable indicator of what traders are thinking. It takes a lot of buying or selling to drive millions or even billions of dollars into or […]
Emerging Markets Gaining Ground – Weekly ETF Fund Flows
ETF outflows outpaced inflows again last week as bullish momentum fades. The S&P 500 finished the week modestly higher than it began. But sellers dominated the market on Friday. Fund flows are a valuable indicator of what traders are thinking. It takes a lot of buying or selling to drive millions or even billions of […]
2 Risky Investments Going In Opposite Directions – Weekly ETF Fund Flows
Over the last few months, we’ve seen investor sentiment swing from greed to fear and back to greed again…investors have certainly been a bit bi-polar lately. And those emotions have been reflected in the ETF fund flows. Investors have flooded into risky assets, like small-cap stocks and emerging markets, when greed is in control. When […]
ETF Assets Reach New Record – Monthly ETF Fund Flows
February was an interesting month for ETF asset flows. The month began with the S&P 500 down more than 6% from the highs. And fear was dominating investor emotions. By the middle of the month, the tide had turned. Stocks were on the rebound and fear began to wane. And by the time February came […]
Investors See Value In Oil Funds – Weekly ETF Fund Flows
Today we’re taking a look at ETF fund flows for the first full week of trading in 2014. ETF fund flows are a valuable indicator of what traders are thinking. It takes a lot of buying or selling to drive millions or even billions of dollars into or out of individual ETFs. Fund flows are […]
Stocks Are Hot… Guess What’s Not – Weekly ETF Fund Flows
Today we’re taking a look at ETF fund flows in SPDR S&P 500 (SPY), iShares Russell 2000 (IWM), and SPDR Gold (GLD). ETF fund flows are a valuable indicator of what traders are thinking. It takes a lot of buying or selling to drive millions of dollars into or out of individual ETFs. Fund flows […]
