Data Reports
Monthly Fund Flows – Passive Funds Continue to Grow
August 30, 2024
Passive ETFs and mutual funds make up over half of all fund assets. Active managers have voiced their concern.
Passive ETFs and mutual funds make up over half of all fund assets. Active managers have voiced their concern.
Today's topics include a strong us economy, some watching for a slowdown, looking to add more bonds into portfolios, money market funds keep the momentum going, lack of housing affordability showing up in pending home sales, is this a 'soft landing?', tracking labor force growth, squandering the advantage of having the world's reserve currency, eyes on the bond market & yield curve, normalizing economic shocks, global government debt levels, some concerns in Japan, and other concerns in China
At Jackson Hole, Chairman Powell said, “The time has come” to cut rates. He expressed concern about the labor market and suggested inflation has been defeated. However, the labor market has undergone epic changes post-pandemic and interpreting inflation data is very complicated. A credible case can be made that the labor market is still robust and inflation is bottoming around 3%. Stimulating such an economy could produce more inflation.
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Today's topics include rate cuts work on a long & variable lag, Fedspeak, can central banks really control inflation expectations?, the effects of a weaker dollar, China's unique economy, Nvidia's lofty expectations, and Berkshire hits $1 trillion
Today's topics include office vacancies, the Fed's path ahead, stocks after the rate cut, corporate sentiment improving, more on payroll revisions, bond bullishness, market breadth broadened out after August selloff, retail traders might have left options behind, taking a look at Nvidia before earnings, Nvidia attracts volatility, where is the recession?, the BoJ presses on, China's large-scale issuance of government debt stokes fears, and junk volumes
While market participants are focused on the coming rate cut cycle, global central banks are still removing liquidity with QT roll-offs.
Today's topics include a 25 basis point cut comes into focus, quantifying the extra savings from locked-in mortgages, housing affordability, an eye on private repo market, the yuan carry trade, market valuations, cracks in consumer spending, and money markets still seeing inflows