Outsize Interest: Tech Giant and Ishares Core

outsize interest: The grandaddy of all funds, SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust SPY, -0.31% is down 20.6 billion in the year to date, while the second-biggest, iShares Core S&P 500 ETF IVV, -0.29%, increased its size only about 3.9%. Invesco's popular tech giant, the QQQ Trust QQQ, -0.45% which is the fifth-biggest fund, has also lost money this year, according to Market Watch. See Tired of market turbulence These ETFs offer to define your financial outcomes Meanwhile, some of the smaller of the top 20 are seeing outsize interest relative to their stature. But as analysts at Jefferies Equity Research point out, some of the biggest funds have seen outflows this year, while some small, niche products are picking up lots of interest. The growth in assets has taken another twist and looks to be moving into smaller ETFs that cover very specific investment segments, like USMV for minimum volatility, the Jefferies analysts said. That's a reminder that investors seeking income have to look to stocks, not bonds. USMV, which Market Watch profiled over the summer, is the ticker for the iShares Edge MSCI Min Vol USA ETF USMV, -0.19% . As markets keep churning, it's picked up a whopping 9.6 billion so far this year, increasing its assets by 28%. Here's a reminder on why all the funds profiled here are sponsored by ishares, Vanguard, or SPDR, the trade name for State Street Global Advisors See 3 fund managers may soon control nearly half of all corporate voting power, researchers warn None of the other top 20 funds has seen anything like that kind of move, according to Jefferies' calculations, but Vanguard's Dividend Appreciation ETF VIG, -0.72% has gained 2.1 billion assets or 5.5%, and its High Dividend Yield fund VYM, -0.45% has gained 1.1 billion, 4.3% of its size. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.