Last week, redemptions in the ETF space involved $5.0 billion from S&P 500 proxies as well as $3.7 billion from the small-cap arena via iShares Russell 2000 (IWM) alone

When U.S. stocks have struggled in 2014, the pattern has had a familiar ring to it. Small-caps have fallen harder than large-caps. Growth-oriented equities have dropped more precipitously than value-oriented equities. Meanwhile, consumer Internet assets have jumped off the proverbial cliff.