{
  "id": 9755608,
  "title": "US equity funds post first inflow in five weeks on renewed AI optimism",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/us-equity-funds-post-first-inflow-in-five-weeks-on-renewed-ai-optimism",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-25T11:18:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Investing.com",
    "slug": "investing-com",
    "url": "https://www.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/usequity-funds-post-first-inflow-in-five-weeks-on-renewed-ai-optimism-4917294"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On September 25, US equity funds saw their first inflows in five weeks, totaling $37.6 billion, according to LSEG Lipper data. This surge was fueled by growing demand for AI applications and data, as well as a decline in oil prices from their recent peaks. Large-cap technology funds, in particular, saw strong interest, driven by a general uptick in the tech sector and high consumer adoption of Meta's Muse agent, which secured the top spot in US app-download rankings.\n\nHowever, the rising 30-year Treasury yields, reaching a 22-year high of 5.5016%, dampened investors' appetite for risk. This was highlighted by $36.62 billion in net inflows into US large-cap equity funds, marking the biggest weekly inflow since June 24. Multi-cap funds also received $395 million in inflows, while mid-cap and small-cap funds recorded outflows of $372 million and $1.02 billion, respectively.\n\nSectoral funds also experienced varying trends. Technology funds drew a record $4.89 billion in weekly inflows, another $515 million went to consumer discretionary funds, while financial sector funds saw withdrawals of $2.53 billion. In contrast, US bond fund inflows surged to $5.93 billion, up from roughly $562 million the previous week. Investors pumped $4.15 billion into general domestic taxable fixed-income funds, the highest net buying since June 3, and recorded significant inflows in short-to-intermediate government and Treasury funds ($2.15 billion), short-to-intermediate investment-grade funds ($1.63 billion), and loan participation funds ($1.31 billion). Meanwhile, money market funds attracted approximately $11 billion in net investments, marking an end to a two-week outflow streak.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}