Global Navigator: Clock ticking down to second Trump presidency

The second week of January saw Americans mourning their 39th president, watching in horror as large swathes of Los Angeles burned and – along with the rest of the world –?positioning themselves for the return of Donald Trump?to the White House.

Against this backdrop, which also included better-than-expected inflation figures from the US and UK, investors steered another $20 billion into?US?Equity?and?Bond Funds, rotated from cryptocurrencies to gold, responded strongly to the first round of financial sector earnings reports and pulled over $1.8 billion from?Equity Funds?with socially responsible (SRI) or environmental, social and governance (ESG) mandates.

Other key trends from EPFR-tracked funds include:

• Money Market Funds posted their biggest collective outflow since the April 2024.
• Equity Funds absorbed a net $13 billion.
• Alternative Funds and Bond Funds pulled in $1.9 billion and $11.4 billion, respectively.
• EPFR-tracked Emerging Markets Equity Funds posted their first outflow of 2025.
• Thailand Equity Funds extended their record-setting outflow streak.
• India Equity Funds posted their 11th outflow since the beginning of 4Q24.
• Japan Equity Funds experienced their second inflow since mid-November.
• Aerospace & Defense Funds, a group that saw just three outflows during 4Q24, posted inflows at a four-week high.
• Redemptions from?UK Bond Funds?climbed to an 18-week high.
• High Yield Bond Funds?chalked up consecutive weekly inflows for the first time since mid-November.

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