US equity funds see sharp outflows as investors brace for extended high rates

U.S. equity funds suffered sharp outflows in the seven days to April 17 as investors anticipated prolonged restrictive interest rates amid stubborn inflation in a resilient U.S. economy. Read More

Investors shun stagflation fears with record inflows to US equities

Investors are dismissing the risk ... US equity funds got $56 billion in the week through March 13, strategist Michael Hartnett wrote in a note, citing EPFR Global. Technology stocks had the ... Read More

US Equity Indexes Drop This Week Amid Hot Inflation Print, Mounting Geopolitical Risk

US equity indexes fell this week as government bond yields surged after hotter-than-expected inflation jolted investors pining for the Federal Reserve to kick off its easing cycle in June, while ... Read More

Investment News: Investors Flock To US Equity Funds As UK Falls Out Of Favour

According to funds network Calastone’s latest Fund Flow Index, investors channelled £6.97 billion into equity ... the 16 th largest in the US by assets – posing a systemic risk to the US ... Read More

Dow Jones gains ground on Monday as risk appetite lurches higher

The Dow’s top gainer to start the week was Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS), which climbed 3.3% on Monday to trade into $417.35. GS was followed by JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) which gained nearly 2% and ... Read More

Are earnings likely to grow? Wall Street strategists are split

The focus on earnings comes at a time when the rally in US stocks has been derailed by a jump in bond yields. After notching several record highs in the first quarter, the S&P 500 Index has slumped ... Read More

These 12 Startups Raised the Largest US Funding Rounds of 2022

Armed with some data from our friends at CrunchBase, I broke down the largest ... proliferation risks. Founded by Bill Gates and Edward Jung in 2006, TerraPower has now raised a total of $750.0M in ... Read More

Baron Focused Growth Fund Q1 2024 Shareholder Letter

Baron Focused Growth Fund increased 1.68% in the first quarter. The Fund underperformed the Russell 2500 Growth Index (the Benchmark), which increased 8.51%. Read More

Artisan Global Equity Fund Q1 2024 Commentary

Artisan Global Equity Fund's portfolio solidly outperformed the MSCI AC World Index. Click here to read the full fund letter. Read More

Warning global economy faces biggest risk since WWII

The boss of US bank JP Morgan Jamie Dimon ... Australia is not immune to these risks but independent economist Saul Eslake told news.com.au that he wasn’t convinced the “apocalyptic scenarios ... Read More

With Mideast on brink, investors ignore geopolitical risks at their peril

If investors are indeed concerned about geopolitics, their fears are not reflected in the market as equity investments remain at all-time highs. Escalation between Iran and Israel would disadvantage ... Read More