Investors pull money out of US equity funds for a fourth straight week

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Reuters

Fri, May 9, 2025, 4:24 AM 2 min read

(Reuters) -U.S. equity funds saw outflows for a 4th consecutive week done May 7, driven by uncertainties astir commercialized tariffs and arsenic investors awaited U.S.-China commercialized talks for much clues.

Investors withdrew a nett $16.22 cardinal from U.S. equity funds during the week, the largest play nett income since March 19, information from LSEG Lipper showed.

A U.S. commercialized woody with Britain connected Thursday, however, has fueled guarded optimism for advancement successful tariff talks with different countries. U.S. President Donald Trump besides signaled that productive talks with China could pb to little tariffs.

"We proceed to presumption U.S. equities arsenic attractive, with a year-end S&P 500 people of 5,800," said Mark Haefele, main concern serviceman astatine UBS Global Wealth Management.

U.S. large-cap and mid-cap equity funds suffered nett outflows of $13.6 cardinal and $1.12 billion, respectively, during the week.

U.S. small-cap equity money outflows, meanwhile, eased to a six-week debased of $917 million.

U.S. sectoral funds saw a nett $2.89 cardinal worthy of sales. Investors divested financials, tech, and metals and mining funds worthy $1.18 billion, $507 cardinal and $420 million, respectively.

Sentiment towards U.S. fixed-income markets improved during the week arsenic money investors poured a nett $3.53 cardinal - the astir successful 8 weeks - into U.S. enslaved funds.

Short-to-intermediate authorities and treasury funds saw a nett $1.15 cardinal worthy of purchases, reversing a nett $765 cardinal of income the anterior week. Municipal indebtedness funds besides saw a nett $1.06 cardinal worthy of additions.

At the aforesaid time, investors snapped up a nett $28.4 cardinal worthy of wealth marketplace funds successful their largest play nett acquisition since March 5.

(Reporting by Gaurav Dogra and Patturaja Murugaboopathy successful Bengaluru. Editing by Mark Potter)


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