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...
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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.
Fed kicks off rate-cut cycle as flows hit multi-week high
US Equity Funds posted an eye-catching year-to-date high inflow during a week that ended with the Fed cutting interest rates expectedly and a...
Cash, debt and caution drive fund flows in early September
Investors returning from the summer holidays in early September ran into a sobering cocktail of political and sovereign credit risk, weak US labor...
More record-breaking stock buybacks in the US
Before this year, buybacks in the July/August (2Q) earnings season had never surpassed $6 billion a day. This year, buybacks averaged $7.2 billion...