Amidst increasingly stark warnings of economic chaos if the current standoff over the US federal debt ceiling is not resolved, EPFR-tracked US Bond Funds pulled in another $8.1 billion going into the final week of May as they recorded their 21st consecutive inflow.
Our EPFR Fund Flows and Allocations data reveals money is flowing out of “Risk Assets” and into Money Market Funds and Gold Funds.
Join Steve Muzzlewhite, Global Head of Customer Solutions, for our weekly markets update. As we head towards the end of May 2023, our data shows the following:
“Risk Assets” out of favor
Latin American Equity markets win
US Bond Investors shrug off “US Debt Ceiling Crisis”
During this session, Quantitative Analyst Azalea Micottis showed how EPFR’s fund flows data can work with retail flows to uncover key insights for investors.
Worries about the impact a two-pronged credit squeeze, driven by quantitative tightening and the pressure on regional bank loan books, will have on the US economy kept investors in a defensive frame of mind during the week ending May 17.
In this blog, EPFR’s Kirsten Longbottom and Steven Xinlei Shen expand on a recent WSJ article, Muni Junk Bond King John Miller to Retire.
Year-to-date the American S&P 500 index has rallied by over 7.5%. However, with a large proportion of these gains driven by just seven technology names, just how sustainable this trend has become is a hot topic among investors. This effect has been exacerbated in recent weeks as the 1Q23 earnings season results proved more fruitful for tech companies relative to other US sectors.
Following interest rate increases from both the US Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank, disparity has taken over investors. Our Head of Global Customer Solutions, Steve Muzzlewhite, uses our fund flows and asset allocations data to analyze the latest sector rotation and portfolio management strategies, and how these are impacting global markets.
A recession in the second half of the year, triggered by the impact of current interest rates on the real estate sector and the banks that lend to it, is a fearful scenario for investors. This was reflected in the flows for EPFR-tracked Sector Funds during the week ending May 10, with a combined $3.8 billion redeemed from Financial, Real Estate, Energy and Commodities Sector Funds.
How did markets react to the interest rate hikes from both the US Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank? In a week where nonfarm payrolls in America reported a job increase way above the initial expectations, we use EPFR’s Fund Flows and Allocations data to deep dive into the latest investor sentiment trends.
EPFR fund flow data is trusted by leading media across the globe. Check out our May 2023 citations, featuring Nikkei Asia, Bloomberg and CNBC.
