A Belated Valentine’s Day Present for ETF Data Geeks

March 09, 2008 at 1:00 pm by Tom Lydon

Are you a nerd for exchange traded fund (ETF) data?

So far this year, the ETF industry’s assets are down, dropping from a peak of $625 billion to around $560 billion. The fall is mostly because of cold feet and people dropping out of the market while they ride out the storm.

The exception to this is ProShares, which is continuing its strong performance. Nonetheless, this industry is taking off fast as a whole and has not cooled off, it’s simply taking a breather.

Matt Hougan for Index Universe compiled the table below for data lovers and Jim Wiandt for Index Universe shares it with us. It’s a nice snapshot of all the industry players and where they stand.

U.S. ETF FAMILY ASSETS

Family	Creation Value	Change in Net Assets	Total Net Assets
ProShares	4,143,721,500	4,966,116,830	14,596,089,350
Vanguard	3,699,370,587	258,640,737	42,317,875,751
Van Eck	1,525,951,000	1,540,411,750	4,940,670,325
HOLDRS	831,302,808	251,473,688	7,403,359,563
Claymore	118,296,000	(35,854,032)	1,859,906,620
First Trust	29,793,500	(79,854,914)	926,159,375
GreenHaven	17,030,000	17,030,000	17,030,000
Revenueshares	15,066,734	15,066,734	15,066,734
MACRO	10,020,000	10,125,000	70,140,000
Fidelity	9,030,000	(6,953,000)	108,360,000
SPA	8,316,000	6,934,820	20,851,758
Xshares	7,783,000	(10,278,108)	245,259,088
Ameristock	-	297,360	13,160,448
FocusShares	-	(446,656)	23,069,757
Ziegler	(2,365,000)	(3,219,240)	4,824,600
WisdomTree	(44,530,000)	(417,014,500)	4,136,208,500
PowerShares	(85,588,600)	(4,830,309,766)	36,112,472,726
Rydex	(251,326,774)	(368,406,865)	5,172,285,250
Victoria Bay	(386,371,000)	(245,771,000)	837,632,000
BGI	(3,211,866,750)	(26,945,603,350)	305,400,058,000
SSgA	(24,299,985,496)	(35,561,723,268)	137,510,804,937
INDUSTRY-WIDE	(17,866,352,491)	(61,439,337,780)	561,731,284,782