Commodities absorbed $35.9B in the week ending April 4. The asset class dominated inflows with 96.6% buying pressure. Energy led sector flows with $940M as crude oil spiked above $95 on Iran war fears. Investors fled equities dumping $19.5B in the sharpest reversal since Japan's $24.1B regional outflow.
Japan hemorrhaged $24.1B this week despite pulling $62.8B over three months. The dramatic reversal signals fading confidence in Japanese equity momentum. US funds grabbed $4.7B showing modest inflows with 56.6% buying pressure. China bled $1.4B extending its brutal $97.4B three-month exodus.
South Korea attracted $860M with 73.3% flow imbalance. Taiwan pulled $646M continuing steady demand. Emerging Markets Ex-China saw $625M inflows with near-perfect 99.8% buying pressure showing selective EM appetite.
Hong Kong lost $675M this week reversing its $9.3B three-month gain. India dumped $259M with just 5.2% buying pressure showing sustained selling. Brazil lost $127M contradicting its $3.1B quarterly strength.
Energy dominated with $940M weekly inflows and 87.4% buying pressure. The sector grabbed $19.3B over three months showing sustained conviction. Industrials attracted $234M extending a massive $24.1B quarterly surge as defense spending accelerated.
Financials collapsed losing $1.2B with brutal 10.6% flow imbalance. The sector absorbed persistent selling despite quarterly outflows of just $2.6B. Health Care bled $521M continuing its defensive rotation away from growth.
Materials lost $495M this week yet pulled $10.6B quarterly showing the reversal hit recently. Information Technology grabbed $144M weekly but lost $5.3B over three months as AI enthusiasm cooled.
Fixed Income attracted $5.1B with 64.1% buying pressure showing haven demand. The bond flows accelerated from $232.5B quarterly inflows. Asset Allocation funds grabbed $206M with 78.9% imbalance.
Active strategies dominated with $3.5B inflows and 83.2% buying pressure. Passive vanilla funds hemorrhaged $23.9B showing dramatic flight from indexing. Dividend strategies pulled $411M with 81.5% imbalance as yield hunting intensified.
ESG funds lost $752M extending $6.1B quarterly outflows. Value strategies bled $478M yet grabbed $7.9B over three months showing this week's selling defied the longer trend.
Money fled risk assets into commodities and bonds as Middle East war entered week three.
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