With mud season keeping the conflict in Ukraine deadlocked and the next round of major central bank meetings still a fortnight away, investors turned their attention to taxes, corporate earnings and China’s economy during the third week of April.
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A liquid start to the second quarter
US Money Market Funds kicked off April by recording their fourth straight inflow in excess of $50...
March’s pain may be April’s gain
Flows to and from EPFR-tracked fund groups during the final week of March continued to paint a picture of risk aversion and fear among investors. For the third week running liquidity funds recorded above average inflows while High Yield, Bank Loan, Emerging Markets Bond and Alternative Funds extended their current outflow streaks.
Fed following data, investors running from it
The third month of 2023 started with investors pulling another $5 billion out of EPFR-tracked US Equity Funds, extending that group’s longest outflow streak since 2Q20, as stronger-than-expected consumer spending and a resilient labor market undermined the case for an early end to the current US rate hiking cycle.
For bond fund flows, green is gold
EPFR’s Vik Srimurthy uses our fund flows data to analyse the evolution of SRI/ESG funds (also called “green bonds”), and their market behavior since 2018.
Weekly fund flows highlights – 20 February 2023
Steve Muzzlewhite takes a look at the latest market trends in February, 2023 using EPFR’s fund flows and allocations data. This week’s video takes a look at the UK and European equity markets.
Investment compass keeps spinning in mid-February
With the one-year anniversary of Russia’s attack on Ukraine looming, the latest US inflation data showing headline inflation down and core inflation up, the Bank of Japan weeks away from a change in leadership and Sino-US tensions rising, investors found it hard during the second week of February to sustain their earlier optimism.