Total assets under management in U.S. exchange traded funds are up by $115 billion so far this year thanks to inflows and market appreciation.
“ETF fund flows have been a uniformly positive source of capital into U.S. risk markets in 2012: $39 billion of new cash overall,” says Nicholas Colas, ConvergEx Group chief market strategist. [Bond ETF Assets Rise Nearly 40% in a Year]
In 2012, investors have pumped $20 billion into stock ETFs, $13 billion into bond funds and $5 billion into commodity portfolios. [ETFs Gathering Record Inflows in 2012]
The top-selling funds this year are iShares iBoxx High Yield Corporate Bond (NYSEArca: HYG), SPDR Barclays High Yield Bond (NYSEArca: JNK), iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade corporate Bond Fund (NYSEArca: LQD), Vanguard MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (NYSEArca: VWO), iPath S&P 500 VIX Short Term Futures ETN (NYSEArca: VXX) and SPDR Gold Shares (NYSEArca: GLD). [Why Trading in VIX ETFs is Surging]