September 2024 was another month with strong inflows for the European ETF industry. These inflows occurred in a positive market environment. Equity markets were rising further despite the high valuations of the market leaders. This might also be the reason why investors are somewhat nervous and reacting quite fast on any news that may impact the current market environment negatively. An example of this was the short-term market turmoil in August when investors had to unwind their yen-based carry trades after the yen increased sharply in value compared to the U.S. dollar. This is not only true for economic news,

The European ETF industry enjoyed inflows over the course of April 2023. These inflows occurred in a further unstable market environment in which some asset classes showed positive results, while others performed negatively over the course of the month. The market sentiment was still driven by hopes that central banks, especially the U.S. Federal Reserve, may have reached the last phase of their fight against the high and further increasing inflation rates and may, therefore, start to keep interest rates at least stable quite soon. Some investors already expect that there might be room for decreasing interest rates later this

The European ETF industry enjoyed inflows over the course of January 2022. These inflows occurred in a positive market environment in which some market indices nearly reached their old highs. The market sentiment over the course of January was driven by hopes that central banks, especially the US Federal Reserve, may have reached the last phase of its fight against the high and further increasing inflation rates and may, therefore, start to keep interest rates stable quite soon. Some investors already expect that there might be room for decreasing interest rates later this year. Nevertheless, there are still some concerns