Where ETF money is flowing right now

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In Canada, stock market ETFs continue to attract new money—almost $20 billion flowed into these products this year through to the end of October. Most of that money went to funds focused on international markets, excluding Canada and the U.S. Fixed-income ETFs also attracted strong inflows of more than $11 billion so far this year. Meanwhile, ETFs offering access to commodities attracted $800 million, considerably less than stock market funds or fixed-income ones. However, these flows reveal the current popularity of precious metals and other commodities. In the Canadian market, RBC iShares retained their 32% market share. However, BMO is catching up and now has a 29% market share. Vanguard, Horizons, CI First Asset, and Mackenzie all experienced strong new money inflows. The most popular ETFs this year include the NBI Unconstrained Fixed Income ETF (NUBF), the Horizons Canadian Select Universe Bond ETF (HBB), the Horizons S&P/TSX Capped Composite ETF (HXCN), and the CI First Asset High-Interest Savings ETF (CSAV). Each by itself attracted more than $1 billion. billion…