Bitcoin and major crypto assets plunged on Friday as a global “flight from risk” hit markets.Bitcoin fell 5.5% to $81,668 — a 7-month low — while Ether dropped 6% to $2,661, with both down ~12% for the week. The selloff reflects rapidly deteriorating risk sentiment as lofty tech valuations come under pressure and expectations of...
Britain’s long-neglected £380 billion investment trust sector may finally be approaching a structural shift. After three years of double-digit discounts, falling interest rates, upcoming policy incentives, and rising activist pressure are aligning to unlock long-suppressed value. Investment trusts — a backbone of UK markets for over 150 years — continue to trade at steep discounts,...
Global equity funds recorded their ninth consecutive week of inflows, with investors adding $4.43 billion in the week to Nov. 19, as strong Q3 earnings helped offset concerns over stretched tech valuations. UBS CIO Mark Haefele noted a “robust” earnings season led by tech but supported broadly across sectors. LSEG data shows profits from 4,448...
After a year of heavy foreign selling, Amundi — Europe’s largest asset manager with $2.67 trillion AUM — expects international investors to return to Indian equities as pressures ease and growth normalizes. Foreign investors have offloaded $16.4B in Indian stocks so far in 2025, the second-largest outflow on record, even as domestic institutions stepped in...
U.S. equity funds continued their strong momentum, drawing $4.36 billion in the week to November 19 — nearly 4× higher than the prior week’s $965 million, according to LSEG Lipper. Investors are leaning into U.S. stocks despite stretched tech valuations, supported by a robust Q3 earnings season and positive macro signals. Data from 473 S&P...
Crypto markets have surged under the Trump administration’s pro-crypto stance — but the sharp pullback this week (Bitcoin < $90,000, wiping out $1.2T in 6 weeks) has revived concerns about spillover risks into traditional finance. Despite reaching $3.2T in total value and $197B/day in trading volume, crypto remains small relative to global markets — yet...