{"id":1751,"date":"2021-07-12T10:48:01","date_gmt":"2021-07-12T10:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/investwithanedge.com\/?page_id=1751"},"modified":"2021-07-12T10:48:01","modified_gmt":"2021-07-12T10:48:01","slug":"etf-stats-for-december-2014-1-999-trillion","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/investwithanedge.com\/etf-stats-for-december-2014-1-999-trillion\/","title":{"rendered":"ETF Stats for December 2014 \u2013 $1.999 Trillion"},"content":{"rendered":"
If fund-of-funds ETFs are included, then assets are indeed above the $2 trillion mark.\u00a0 We exclude these in our monthly calculations as it amounts to double counting.\u00a0 For example, when a $1 billion fund-of-funds ETF has all of its assets invested in other ETFs, the underlying ETFs will already be reflecting that same $1 billion in their asset values.<\/p>\n
Thirteen new ETFs and two ETNs were introduced in December, putting the launch count for the year at 193.\u00a0 A dozen closures last month brought the yearly total to 79.\u00a0 December\u2019s net increase of three ETPs produced a year-end listing count of 1,662 products, consisting of 1,451 ETFs and 211 ETNs.\u00a0 This is a net increase of 126 for the year, or 8.2% growth in products available to investors.<\/p>\n
Asset growth was more robust, climbing 1.0% in December and 17.8% for the year.\u00a0 The average exchange traded product now has $1.2 billion in assets.\u00a0 However, average is not typical.\u00a0 Just 221 ETFs can count themselves as above-average when it comes to assets.\u00a0 That\u2019s just 13.3% of all ETPs, relegating the remaining 86.7% to below-average status.\u00a0 The median asset level, the level at which half of all products have more and half have less, is just $82 million.\u00a0 As you can see, typical is a far cry from average.\u00a0 It\u2019s not every day you see a dataset where the average is 14.6 times greater than the median.<\/p>\n
Actively managed ETFs continue to gain a foothold in the industry.\u00a0 Their count increased by three in December, bringing the number of listings to 125.\u00a0 The year began with just 71 actively managed funds, so this represents a huge 76% growth.\u00a0 Assets remain relatively low in these products at just $17.2 billion.\u00a0 The actively managed product count has 7.6% market share while their AUM has just a 0.8% share.<\/p>\n
Trading activity jumped 63% in December over November\u2019s level, with nearly $1.9 trillion of shares changing hands.\u00a0 This is the second highest level in three years, with only the $2.3 trillion surge two months ago in October being larger.\u00a0 The number of ETPs averaging more than $1 billion a day in trading increased from seven to nine and captured 55.4% of all trading activity.<\/p>\n
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