June 21, 2025
Operating Assets

Short-Term Bonds Dominated Last Week’s ETF Inflows

ETFs across various categories pulled in just $2.9 billion in capital last week, pushing year-to-date inflows to $347 billion. International equity ETFs led the way with $4.3 billion in inflows, followed by $4 billion in U.S. fixed-income ETFs and $941.9 million in commodities ETFs. Meanwhile, U.S. equity ETFs saw outflows of $6.6 billion.  SPDR Bloomberg

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Financial Assets

Trump tariffs prompted investors to dump bonds. Good luck reducing national debt

Well, President Donald Trump has managed to do what is likely to be irreparable damage to the American economy. For decades the United States dollar has been the world’s reserve currency. It is the place investors around the world have put their money, especially during times when there are concerns about the global economy. U.S.

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Financial Assets

US Treasury Begins $50,000,000,000 Liquidity Injection As Trillion-Dollar Bond Market Witnesses Weak Demand

The Treasury Department is beginning to buy tens of billions of dollars in US bonds in a push to bolster the market. In a series of announcements, the department details its $50 billion buyback operation, which started on August 7th and will last until October 31st. The agency is looking to buy both short and

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