Market Analysis
Fed Fears Lead To Outflows – Weekly ETF Fund Flows
Last week wasn’t a great week for stocks… the S&P 500 finished lower for the first time in five weeks. Geopolitical tensions continue to weigh on investors. The conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine have calmed down but the US is heading back to Iraq to deal with ISIS. This obviously creates more risk for the […]
How Far Will Gold Fall?
If you hadn’t already noticed, the price of gold is in a nose dive. Just take a look at this chart of the SPDR Gold Shares (GLD). GLD is an ETF that replicates the performance of gold bullion. As you can see, GLD has been moving lower since it made a high of $133.69 in […]
Q’s and Mid-Caps Lead Inflows – Weekly ETF Fund Flows
Weekly ETF Fund Flows Stocks reached record highs last week. Amazingly, the S&P 500 has advanced 10% so far this year to a high of 2,011. The strong performance for stocks is helping drive money into stock ETFs. ETF inflows of around $3 billion last week pushed total assets closer to the $2 trillion mark. […]
2 ETFs To Consider After The ECB Rate Cut
Europe has been much slower to recover than the US since the financial crisis in 2008 derailed the global economy. The latest data from the European Central Bank (ECB) are downright gloomy. Economic growth is stagnant, inflation is nonexistent, and the whole economy is teetering on the verge of another recession. As a result, the […]
ETF Assets Reach New Record High
August was a record breaking month… And I’m not talking about the S&P 500 eclipsing 2,000 for the first time ever. Nope, I’m talking about the total amount of money in US listed ETFs… amazingly, total assets in ETFs ballooned to a record of more than $1.91 trillion. However, the pace of the inflows into […]
Emerging Market ETFs Leading 3rd Quarter Inflows
It’s been a nerve-wracking start to the third quarter. In one corner, we have the bears… they’re betting on uncertainty, ongoing violence, and a slowdown in global economic growth. And you can see this in the recent price action of European, energy, and industrial stocks. In the other corner, we have the bulls…they believe growth […]
Small Caps Get Dumped – Weekly ETF Fund Flows
Last week, ETF inflows outpaced outflows by a wide margin. ETFs that hold US stocks, emerging market stocks, and corporate bonds all enjoyed strong net inflows. Fund flows are a valuable indicator of what traders are thinking. It takes a lot of buying or selling to drive millions or even billions of dollars into or […]
Japanese ETFs Are An Interesting Buy
Japan’s economy took a dive in the 2nd quarter. Their economy shrank at an annualized rate of 6.8%. Consumer spending plunged at an annualized rate of 18.7%, investment in housing dropped a staggering 35.3%, exports fell 1.8%, and business investment fell 9.7%. Those are astonishingly bad numbers to say the least. What’s going on with […]
Massive Outflow From SPY – Weekly ETF Fund Flows
Investors sold $15 billion more than they bought of ETFs that hold US stocks last week. Fund flows are a valuable indicator of what traders are thinking. It takes a lot of buying or selling to drive millions or even billions of dollars into or out of individual ETFs. Fund flows are something traders use […]
July ETF Fund Flows
Investors pumped money into ETFs in July despite an increase in market volatility and uncertainty. A whopping $15.8 billion in fresh capital went into various ETFs that hold US and International stocks. As you know, fund flows are a valuable indicator of what traders are thinking. It takes a lot of buying or selling to […]
