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First half fund flows into fixed income vehicles demonstrate investor expectations about interest rates, analysts say
Also in today’s newsletter, the debate over divesting from fossil fuel stocks
Average charges for European passive funds have declined faster than their active counterparts
Morningstar data shows sales peaked in the third quarter of 2022
Providers argue they are useful, but critics say they are being used for short-term gambling
Short-term performance could improve, but dwindle later
The idea sounds good but the reality is complicated and unclear
Move highlights an issue where some savers are forced to crystallise capital gains — and so incur a tax liability
Data providers are improving their no-cost online measurement tools
Without the $6.5bn outflows from a single iShares ETF, the funds would have attracted net inflows
Five of the nine funds beat their relevant benchmarks last year
Solvency theatre; lying ChatGPT; the mirage of active success; and the “inane, moronic, irrational, exploding human appendix ****show that is the debt ceiling”
The online data sources you need — and many are free
We’re sure next year will be different though
The vehicles suffered outflows of $879bn in the 11 months to the end of November
Cryptocurrency fell 65% in 2022 but US bitcoin futures ETFs recorded steady net inflows
Chile, India, Mexico and South Korea record year-on-year growth even as global assets fell
A total of 35 vehicles have now launched since the first was unveiled in June last year
The bullish bets, equivalent to more than 5% of all ETF purchases, mean losses were magnified
Morningstar analysis shows mainstream equity vehicles are more likely to be closed down
Not to be confused with taxidermist
Net inflows of €52bn compared with outflows of €141bn for open-ended funds mark shift to passive investment
Plus, the groups holding back from condemning Putin’s war
Strong inflows help assets rise even as active mutual fund holdings plunge 20%
Tax-loss harvesting is poised to accelerate exchange traded fund adoption in the US
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