Nat Gas Fund's Assets Up, Price Down

U.S. Natural Gas(UNG Quote) was the ETF that gained the most investor capital in June, a whopping $1.7 billion.

The next closest competitors for investor dollars were iShares Barclays(TIPS Quote), with $0.9 billion; Vanguard MSCI Emerging Markets(VWO Quote), with $0.8 billion; SPDR Retail(XRT Quote), with $0.7 billion; and iShares S&P 500(IVV Quote) Index, with $0.6 billion. Overall, investors added $12.1 billion to ETFs in June, meaning UNG accounted for 14% of new money.

The flow into UNG was even more impressive in percentage terms for the fund, as assets under management swelled from $2.2 billion to $3.7 billion in a month when UNG declined 5%. It also proves that investor interest isn't always enough to push prices higher. UNG fell on the first two trading days of July and is down again today, setting it back more than 9% from the June close. ...