Analyst/ETF Trader Paul Weisbruch of Street One Financial brings us his daily fund flows update, which today points out big money flowing back into major equity funds on the recent rally, and continued pain for volatility-linked ETPs amid a sharp downturn in the VIX.
On the renewed rise in equities, we have seen assets pile back into SPY, with nearly $5 billion entering the fund via creation flows, as the SPX itself is presently trading at another new all-time high on Tuesday, reaching a 2495 handle briefly.
After a prolonged period of very light inflows and outflows in the marketplace for weeks through much of August, we have seen larger inflows followed by outflows after a move higher, and now inflows again in the $4 to $6 billion range in SPY for the past couple weeks.
As we mentioned yesterday, Long Volatility products continue to swoon, with VXX down an additional 1% today after yesterday’s loss of about 5%, while levered UVXY is trading at a new all-time low today, and seems to be under heavy pressure.
The ProShares Trust Ultra VIX Short Term Futures ETF was trading at $27.50 per share on Tuesday afternoon, down $0.71 (-2.52%). Year-to-date, UVXY has declined -84.29%, versus a 12.79% rise in the benchmark S&P 500 index during the same period.
UVXY currently has an ETF Daily News SMART Grade of F (Strong Sell), and is ranked #2 of 3 ETFs in the Leveraged Volatility ETFs category.