Record weekly worldwide equity fund outflows of $43.2 billion
According to a report, global equities funds saw their greatest outflows on record in the week leading up to Wednesday. Although massive withdrawals from the United States and China overshadowed a relatively robust performance in other regions, the overall performance of global stock funds was rather strong. The Bank of America’s weekly overview of market flows, which is based on data from the European Securities and Exchange Commission, finds that global stock funds experienced a combined outflow of $43.2 billion in the week leading up to Wednesday. Among these outflows, the United States was responsible for $16.8 billion, while Chinese stocks had a huge outflow of $49.2 billion.
The outflows of Chinese shares reached levels that had never been seen before, a phenomena that the Bank of America attributed to the selling actions of the so-called “national team” of Chinese state-backed investors. Over the past few weeks, Chinese regulators have begun putting into effect policies that are intended to slow down the progression of market gains. Global stock markets have been confronted with difficulties as a result of the complex geopolitical environment. The most recent example of this is the threat made by the President of the United States, Donald Trump, to impose tariffs on European allies until the United States is granted permission to purchase Greenland.
Despite the fact that these worries have subsided since Trump’s announcement of a framework for a future deal concerning Greenland, they have reignited discussions about the “Sell America” trade, which emerged after Trump’s significant tariff declaration in April of last year. This is because investors are looking to diversify their portfolios.
BofA said that European equities enjoyed their sixth consecutive week of inflows, while Japanese funds experienced an inflow of $2.2 billion, which was the highest since October 2025. Both of these events occurred simultaneously. In spite of the difficulties that China is experiencing, global emerging markets equity funds have experienced a rise in inflows for the fourth week in a row.
