US large caps saw the largest inflows across all asset classes in September as investors remained bullish about the prospect for US equities amid strong growth and rising interest rates.
According to data from TrackInsight, US large cap ETFs witnessed inflows of €17.7bn last month, as investors appeared to shrug off the escalating trade tensions between the US and China. Last month, Washington imposed a 10% tariff on around $200bn worth of Chinese imports with President Donald Trump threatening to increase this to 25% by the start of next year if no solution was found. Beijing retaliated with an additional $60bn of imports. Trade war tensions however, have done little to dent the US market performance with the S&P 500 rising 11.7% so far this year versus 7.5% for the ...
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