Earnings and inflation both roar in early November
From a fund flow perspective, the week ending Nov. 10 saw groups and themes that have fared well for most of 2021 continue to attract fresh money....
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Investors feel the heat in early November
The twin specters of inflation and the planet running hotter occupied investors going into November as the UN climate summit, COP26, got underway...
Chasing earnings and keeping powder dry
With four out of five US companies reporting Q3 2021 earnings that beat expectations, US equity markets climbed to fresh record highs during in late...
Earnings growth wrestles inflation for control of market narrative
Rising prices and higher-than-expected earnings shaped investor sentiment during the third week of October. Most of the companies reporting their...
Dealing with inflated expectations
Expectations for economic growth, US job creation and the transitory nature of inflation all took a knock during the second week of October as...
Caution reigns in early October
The first week of October saw US lawmakers sparring over the country’s debt ceiling, authorities in China scrambling to limit the wider damage...
ESG sounds good, but what does success look like?
Going into the final days of July, the Equity and Bond Funds with socially responsible (SRI) or environmental, social and governance (ESG) mandates...
Regulators turn their sights on ESG ratings agencies
EU and UK regulators are planning to scrutinize the role and transparency of environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings providers. It is a...
What EPFR data tells us about the likelihood of greater volatility
Funds offering exposure to the most widely followed measure of US equity market volatility, the Chicago Board Options Exchange’s CBOE Volatility...
Redemptions from China equity funds surge as trade tensions resurface
The prospect of a second major spike in Sino-US trade tensions cast a shadow over markets and some fund groups in mid-May. EPFR-tracked China Equity...
Angst over Covid-19 spreads to fixed income fund groups
EPFR-tracked Bond Funds were swept up in the broad correction that hit most fund groups in late February, posting their first weekly outflow in over...
Equity fund flows down, but not out, as Covid-19 hits global markets
A coronavirus epidemic centered in China put global equity markets on the defensive in late January and prompted Chinese officials to suspend...
Trade issues, earnings and political risk reclaim center stage from central bankers in early October
After a quarter when both the US Federal Reserve and European Central Bank reversed course on the normalization of their monetary policies, the...
Initial responses to first US interest rate cut in a decade are underwhelming
Fund flows ended July with a whimper. Redemptions from EPFR-tracked Equity and Bond Funds hit their highest daily totals since June 28 and the final...