The Daily Flow: Fixed Income Surges as Precious Metals Lose Luster

Issuer League Tables

Vanguard led all issuers with $7,313M in daily absolute inflows, extending its 1-year flow total to $486.01B. SPDR closely followed with $7,242M in 1-day inflows, while iShares recorded the largest absolute daily outflow at -$8,552M. From a relative perspective, Stance captured the highest daily growth by adding 9.30% to its asset base ($14M).

Issuer Flows (Absolute)

Issuer Flows (Relative)

Daily ETF Flow Analysis

Fixed Income ETFs attracted the highest daily capital at $3,877M, bringing the asset class 1-month flows to $70,052M. The Commodity asset class contracted the most on the day with -$2,334M in outflows, contrasting with its positive 1-year flow of $9,723M. At the category level, Fixed Income: Taxable – Government Intermediate led with $3,667M in daily inflows, while Commodity: Focused – Precious Metals saw the steepest daily decline of -$2,358M.

Asset Class Flows

Top/Bottom 10 Category Flows

U.S. Size & Style

U.S. Size & Style ETFs displayed divergent flows, with U.S. Large Cap Growth funds pulling in $935M on the day. Conversely, U.S. Large Cap Blend funds shed -$1,398M over the same single-day period, though they retain $300.12B in 1-year trailing inflows. At the fund level, SPY absorbed $7,495M in daily flows, while IVV experienced a sharp daily outflow of -$8,197M.

Size & Style ex-U.S.

Global Ex-U.S. Large Cap – Growth ETFs accumulated $1,759M in daily inflows, supporting their positive 1-month total of $2,504M. In contrast, Global Ex-U.S. Large Cap – Value funds registered daily outflows of -$129M. EFG was the primary driver of the group’s positive momentum, capturing $1,730M, while EFV recorded the largest daily reduction at -$176M.

Sector & Industry

Information Technology was the top-performing sector, gathering $1,022M in daily inflows and increasing its 1-year total to $16,599M. The Industrial sector logged the largest daily outflow at -$951M, despite maintaining a positive $14,448M 1-year flow baseline. XLK drove the technology group’s daily gains with $806M in inflows, while ITA saw the most significant sector outflow at -$1,562M.

Region & Country

Region and Country ETFs faced aggregate daily outflows of -$282M, heavily influenced by the Asia-Pacific region shedding -$247M on the day. The Eurozone similarly contracted by -$30M, though it maintains a robust $11,408M in 1-year flows. Individual country funds showed localized movement, with EWJ taking in $75M while EWT dispersed -$182M over the session.

Thematic

The Industrial Revolution theme led daily inflows with $149M, extending its 1-year asset gathering to $8,427M. Conversely, Precious Metals themed equities shed -$52M on the day, contrasting with their $3,968M 1-year positive flow figure. SHLD captured the majority of the thematic daily inflows at $148M, while EMLP posted the largest daily outflow of -$54M.

Fixed Income

Government Fixed Income products accumulated $3,477M in daily inflows, pushing the category’s 1-month total to $42,901M. Corporate Fixed Income faced daily outflows of -$939M, though it remains up $65,700M over the trailing 1-year period. GOVT was the single largest beneficiary with $3,382M in inflows, whereas EMB shed -$1,123M during the same trading day.

Commodity

Commodity ETF flows were broadly negative, driven entirely by Precious Metals shedding -$2,358M in a single day. Multi-Sector broad market funds provided a minor offset, generating $62M in daily inflows. GSG captured $36M in positive daily flows, while IAU and GLD lost -$1,139M and -$707M respectively.

Cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency funds observed a net positive day with Ethereum leading the asset class by gathering $72M. Bitcoin ETFs contributed an additional $54M in daily inflows, bringing the sub-category’s 1-year total to $21,767M. FETH was the primary fund beneficiary with $52M in single-day inflows, while GBTC recorded the largest daily reduction at -$10M.

Non-Traditional

Synthetic Income and Leverage/Inverse products pulled in $549M and $738M in daily flows, respectively. Conversely, Buffer ETFs saw daily net outflows of -$392M, yet maintain $12,554M in positive 1-year flows. SOXL and JEPI led individual product inflows with $286M and $141M, while QBUF shed -$146M on the day.

Recent Launches

The ETF market recorded 10 new product launches spanning between March 11 and March 12, 2026. The new listings cover a broad range of categories including Unclassified, Leverage/Inverse, and Synthetic Income equity funds. The NPF Core Equity ETF (NPFE) accumulated the highest initial AUM among the recent launches, securing $573.92M since its inception.