Paul Weisbruch of Street One Financial brings us his daily fund flows update, which today focuses on outflows from the world’s largest ETF, more new lows for volatility ETPs, and some buying of European funds prior to this past weekend’s pivotal French election.
A substantial more than $7 billion has left SPDR S&P 500 (MX:SPY) (NYSE:SPY) in the last couple sessions via redemption flows, even with a record closing high in the SPX last Friday and the SPX topping 2,400 once again briefly this morning.
However, there has been pressure in Long Volatility ETPs such as iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures Exp 30 Jan 2019 VXX and UVXY, as they are trading at new all-time lows again today with heavy volume in recent sessions. VXX has seen about $75 million flow out of the fund thus far in the month of May, and we have seen some selling of June 15 strike calls (which are now out-of-the-money) in the name. Meanwhile, the VIX itself is challenging a $9 handle today.
Elsewhere, there were some inflows in the a notable “Eurozone” ETF ahead of the French election results, with EZU reeling in about $400 million via creation flows last week.
The VXX was trading at $14.17 per share on Monday morning, down $0.28 (-1.94%). Year-to-date, VXX has declined -44.45%, versus a 7.08% rise in the benchmark S&P 500 index during the same period.
VXX currently has an ETF Daily News SMART Grade of F (Strong Sell), and is ranked #4 of 12 ETFs in the Volatility ETFs category.