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Off the wires: Bitcoin is one year away from a major technical event. History suggests the start of another bull run
Off the wires: Bitcoin is one year away from a major technical event. History suggests the start of another bull run

Apr 27, 2023 | ,

Bitcoin’s next “halving” is expected to take place in 2024. These events take place when Bitcoin miners have added 210,000 “blocks” to the blockchain leger and are marked by a halving of the Bitcoins that miners get for adding each block. Given the implications for future supplies of Bitcoin, these ‘halvings’ usually push Bitcoin’s price significantly higher, both in the run up to the event and for several months afterwards. This time around seems – so far – to be conforming to the pattern: Bitcoin’s price has risen steadily in recent weeks.

When ETF flows confound expectations
When ETF flows confound expectations

Apr 20, 2023 | ,

From time to time, EPFR’s clients alert us to anomalous flows into exchange traded funds (ETFs) that occur on a specific day and for a specific fund. Given our awareness of these types of flows, and the granularity of our databases, EPFR’s quant team decided it was high time they dove into our ETF database and conducted a systematic analysis of these events.

Off the wires: Google launches Bard chatbot to rival OpenAI’s ChatGPT
Off the wires: Google launches Bard chatbot to rival OpenAI’s ChatGPT

Apr 6, 2023 | ,

In late November 2022, OpenAI launched ChatGPT – an AI driven chatbot that can answer complex questions and handle almost any topic. A couple of months later, Microsoft (who is the primary investor) added a similar function to its Office suite. As more and more companies delve into the artificial intelligence world, we take a look at AI funds using our EPFR Stock Barometer tool: is AI going to be the next bubble for investors?

EPFR in the news – April 2023
EPFR in the news – April 2023

Apr 5, 2023 |

EPFR fund flow data is trusted by leading media across the globe. Check out our April 2023 citations, featuring Bloomberg and The Wall Street Journal.

EPFR in the news – March 2023
EPFR in the news – March 2023

Mar 6, 2023 |

Find out where EPFR’s Fund Flows and Allocations data has been cited in March 2023, including leading media such as The Wall Street Journal.

Comfort with China exceeds $1 trillion
Comfort with China exceeds $1 trillion

Jan 30, 2023 | ,

At the turn of the century, investing in China was viewed as a risky proposition. Foreign access to a notoriously volatile, retail-driven equity market was heavily restricted. The lack of a credible regulatory framework and legal protections deterred US venture capitalists from making direct investments in Chinese companies. In many cases, Chinese banks and the country’s fledgling private equity industry also balked. So, when Chinese technology firm Alibaba received its first $25 million investment from Goldman Sachs in 1999, investors sat up and took notice.

Europe equity funds latest to catch a lift
Europe equity funds latest to catch a lift

Jan 26, 2023 | ,

Flows into EPFR-tracked Emerging Markets Equity Funds during the third week of January climbed to their highest level since mid-1Q21 as investors positioned themselves for China’s much anticipated economic rebound and, the anti-inflation rhetoric of the Federal Reserve and European Central Bank (ECB) notwithstanding, an early end to the current interest rate cycles in the US and Europe. Investors also steered $2.5 billion – a 101-week high – into Emerging Markets Bond Funds.