Another round of bricks in the wall of worry
There was a lot for investors to digest going into the final days of February. The implications of the US Supreme Court’s ruling on President Donald...
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Income and liquidity guide flows in early February
Both Physical Gold and Cryptocurrency Funds recorded outflows in early February as flows shifted to fund groups offering income, liquidity or both....
Investors stick to the script in late January
Equity funds dedicated to the Chinese mainland posted another record outflow in the fourth week of 2026 as authorities tap the brakes on a stock...
Flows ebb as Year of the Dragon winds down
The third week of January saw mainland China-mandated Equity Funds surrender record-setting amounts of money. The redemptions, attributed to...
Fresh money flows into a wide range of fund groups in mid-January
With the holidays behind them and the first corporate earnings season of the New Year kicking off, investors spent the second week of January...
Can artificial intelligence generate real revenue?
The question of when the vast sums spent by major technology companies on artificial intelligence will translate into new revenue weighed on several...
Saying goodbye to a record-setting year for conservative and cutting-edge fund groups
The final week of December closed the books on a year that saw fund groups ranging from Europe Bond and Physical Silver to Cryptocurrency and...
A Christmas with Chinese characteristics
Mainland China-mandated funds stood out during the week ending Christmas Eve, with China Equity Funds pulling in over $7 billion for the second week...
Tiptoeing into the final Fed meeting of 2025
The week ending Dec. 10 was not, for most US-mandated fund groups, one to write home about. Heading into the US Federal Reserve’s final policy...
Giving thanks for seemingly everything
Going into the Thanksgiving Holiday, investors seemed largely unconcerned about stretched valuations in the American technology sector, sovereign...
Investors hold their course during the third week of November
Ahead of another stellar earnings report from artificial intelligence (AI) bellwether Nvidia and a delayed US September report showing better than...
AI valuations prompting investors to sell
The second week of November ended with the reopening of America’s Federal government, further stock market volatility driven by angst about the...
Going for gold in the second half of October
On the surface, the third week of October was another good one for EPFR-tracked mutual funds and ETFs. Bond Funds took in another $17.2 billion and...
China’s outperformance is finding buyers
Going into the second half of October, investors continued to tune out the noise surrounding Sino-US trade relations and buy into the strong...
Rate cut brings dollar strength in focus
In the wake of the Federal Reserve’s first interest rate cut of 2025, benchmark US equity indexes surged to fresh record highs.