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ETF Buyers Have Shied Away From The USA Since Trump's Election

Published 08/11/2017, 20:45
Updated 08/11/2017, 21:51
© Bloomberg. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is seen speaking on a television on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016. U.S. stocks fluctuated in volatile trading in the aftermath of Trump's surprise presidential election win, as speculation the Republican will pursue business-friendly policies offset some of the broader uncertainty surrounding his ascent.
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(Bloomberg) -- It’s been exactly one year since Donald Trump was elected U.S. president, and what have buyers of exchange-traded funds done? Flee the country.

The shift shows investors may be growing impatient with the implementation of Trump’s agenda, said Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Eric Balchunas.

The top ten ETFs that have recorded only inflows of cash since the election have one notable characteristic in common -- their holdings exclude U.S. companies. At the top of the list is the iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (IEFA), a cheap, large-cap fund tracking companies in developed market countries, according to a Bloomberg analysis of flow data.

Japanese companies represent about 25 percent of the holdings and U.K. firms make up about 15 percent of the constituents. Assets in IEFA have almost tripled since the election to about $4 billion from $1.4 billion.

Below is a list of the ten largest ETFs that have seen only inflows since Trump’s election through Nov. 7, according to Bloomberg data. The majority of the funds charge a fee in the range of six to 14 basis points. The average asset-weighted expense ratio for U.S.-listed ETFs is about 23 basis points, according to Bloomberg Intelligence data.

Ticker Name Flows ($M)
IEFA iShares Core MSCI EAFE 21,217
VEA Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets 18,814
IEMG iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets 16,083
VWO Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets 11,160
SCHF Schwab International Equity 4,137
IXUS iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock 3,507
SCHE Schwab Emerging Markets Equity 1,537
FNDF Schwab Fundamental International Large Company 1,281
FNDE Schwab Fundamental Emerging Markets Large Company 749
CWI SPDR MSCI ACWI Ex-US 427

© Bloomberg. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is seen speaking on a television on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016. U.S. stocks fluctuated in volatile trading in the aftermath of Trump's surprise presidential election win, as speculation the Republican will pursue business-friendly policies offset some of the broader uncertainty surrounding his ascent.

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