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ETF Securities Weekly Flows Analysis - Gold dominates inflows as risk appetite wanes Investor demand for gold ETPs resilient amidst fragile risk appetite

ETF Securities Weekly Flows Analysis – Gold dominates inflows as risk appetite wanes

  • Investor demand for gold ETPs resilient amidst fragile risk appetite
  • Profit-taking continues for crude oil ETPs despite higher prices, led by WTI products
  • Industrial metals ETPs face outflows as risk appetite wane

Gold ETP inflows dominate flows, totalling US$29.9mn. Gold prices ended the week lower by -2% as a weaker dollar and higher US retail sales offered signs for the Federal Reserve to revisit its dot plot. However investor demand for gold ETPs was resilient as risk appetite remained fragile. Data from the world gold council (WGC) highlighted global gold demand for the Q12016 marked the 2nd highest quarterly figure ever, up 21% y-o-y, backed by rising demand for ETFs, coins and bars. While demand for jewellery remained weak, we expect this trend to reverse as jewellery demand from China and India garners momentum as we progress into the year. European new car registrations are up 9.1% y-o-y in lock step with US and China, and should help buoy platinum and palladium prices known for their use in autocatalysts.

Tighter market situation for soybeans draws inflows into Agriculture ETPs. Inflows into broad basket agricultural ETPs hit US$22.9mn, marking its highest level since August 2015. This suggests a broad based interest in the asset class on the back of strong price gains among major agricultural commodities – soybeans, sugar and coffee. Soybean prices rose to a 21-month high subsequent to the release of a favourable report by US Department of Agriculture (USDA) that predicted a global inventory reduction of 3.8mn tons due to lower production caused by crop shortfalls in Argentina and Brazil. In addition a 33% annual rise in soybean imports by China helped support prices. Sugar prices surged 6.8% close to its 20-month high supported by reports of unfavourable weather conditions in Brazil and India and a strong Brazilian real.

Negative sentiment pushes industrial metal ETP outflows to US$67.5mn, their highest level since October 2014. Four of the bottom 5 performers this week were industrial metals. A firmer US dollar coupled with negative sentiment emanating from weaker global equity markets led to outflows from industrial metal ETPs. Although Chinese copper imports were 21% lower since the prior month, we believe the recent plans by the Chinese government to invest CNY 5tn in transport infrastructure over the course of three years bodes well for prices. While capex declines in most regions will see production decline, Rio Tinto laid out plans to double production by 500,000 tons in its Oyu Tolgoi mine in Mongolia by 2027; making it the world’s third largest copper mine. Production expansion in such regions could weigh on prices.

Profit taking in oil ETPs result in the fifth consecutive week of outflows in the energy sector. The US Energy Information Agency (EIA) remains bent on its production forecast of a decline by 860,000bpd in the current year. Temporary supply outages in Canada and Nigeria are helping to absorb the excess supply in the market at present. The ongoing decline in US drilling activity in 15 of the last 16 weeks has led to a decline in US oil production (at 8.8mn bpd, it is the lowest since September 2014). Oil prices soared on the back of US inventory data; nonetheless investors appeared unwilling to hold onto gains as volatility remained elevated.

Key events to watch this week. Inflation data from the US this Tuesday will provide clues of the possibility of a rate hike by the Fed in June. Wednesday sees the release of Q1 GDP figures by Japan and expectations are for expansion this quarter.

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Aneeka Gupta, Research Analyst at ETF Securities provides an analysis of last week’s performance, flow and trading activity in commodity exchange traded products and a look at the week ahead.

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Invesco: Gold signals a shifting world order without a new leader

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The United States remains economically and financially dominant, but beneath the surface doubts are growing about how sustainable that position really is. According to Benjamin Jones, head of research at Invesco, the continued rise in gold suggests that investors are preparing for a world in which the balance of power is shifting, without any clear alternative leader emerging.

The United States remains economically and financially dominant, but beneath the surface doubts are growing about how sustainable that position really is. According to Benjamin Jones, head of research at Invesco, the continued rise in gold suggests that investors are preparing for a world in which the balance of power is shifting, without any clear alternative leader emerging.

The US twin deficits

The joint, pre-2025 rally in US risk assets and the dollar sits uneasily with concerns over US fiscal and current-account deficits, a deteriorating Net International Investment Position (NIIP), reindustrialisation goals, and the secular rise in gold, explains Jones.

“In our view, the long-running rally in gold alongside high returns and rising concentration in dollar assets reflects two forces: a faltering world order and the economics of heavy US fiscal imbalances, rising external obligations, and persistent deficits; but also, the unique success of US firms in driving GDP growth, earnings and innovation. Ironically, that strength may itself increase the risk of a financial, currency or balance-of-payments shock in a geopolitical crisis.”

According to Jones, the sharp drop in the US NIIP has come as foreign claims outstrip US claims abroad. “This was driven less by foreign Treasury holdings, which have stabilised, and more by inflows into private-sector assets, especially equities, as investors embraced “US Exceptionalism” as shorthand for superior growth and financial performance relative to peers such as Western Europe and Japan. The result has been major inflows into US equities, corporate debt and private markets.”

Even though much of the increase in exposure has been to risk assets rather than bonds, large outflows could still threaten fiscal and financial stability, says Jones. “For now, trade barriers and efforts to weaken the dollar to promote reindustrialisation have prompted rebalancing away from US stocks, bonds and the dollar. Amid geopolitical tensions, weaker fiscal and external positions, and renewed protectionism and unpredictability, official investors and private investors have sharply increased gold purchases as a store of value.”

Heavy gold flow in financial markets

US financial leadership persists despite geoeconomic rebalancing toward rivals, Jones continues. “The US still leads in market capitalisation, turnover and liquidity, while the Treasury market remains the largest and deepest pool of debt issuance. Dollar liquidity is so high that trades <<between other currencies are often executed through the dollar. Global portfolio concentration in the US has also been reinforced by inflows into benchmarked funds and passive trackers. The core driver remains US exceptionalism. Rich valuations and concentration in US tech may suggest a bubble, yet US firms have continued to deliver innovation, market share, revenue and earnings growth.”

According to Jones, rivals remain less compelling from a market perspective. “Europe has lagged the US since the financial crisis, while China has matched or surpassed US innovation but, until recently, delivered weaker market returns due to domestic de-risking policies.”

The US share of official reserves has declined somewhat, while the euro and most other currencies have levelled off, Jones continues. “Gold’s share has risen sharply since the start of the war in Ukraine in 2022, suggesting the TINA problem persists: there is no real alternative to the dollar other than gold itself. Central banks increasingly prefer the safety of gold, the liability of no government.”

Future: Geopolitical, economic, technological and military competition
An open world economy helped many countries narrow productivity gaps with the US, but leadership is no longer aligned across power domains. “Economically, the world is increasingly tripolar, centred on the US, China and the eurozone. Militarily, power is concentrated in the US, China and Russia. Technologically, the US and China are at or near parity, while others lag. Financially, however, the US still has no peer,” notes Jones.

He continues: “Conventional economic, military and technological competition therefore still matters, even in a nuclear world. US concerns about overextension are sharpened by China’s vast industrial capacity, with output and shipbuilding far exceeding that of the US. Recent wars have shown that modern conflict still depends on industrial mobilisation for technology, drones and ammunition. This helps explain the US push for reindustrialisation.”

At the same time, US fiscal and external obligations create vulnerabilities if confidence were shaken by a future crisis, conflict or major shock. Jones concludes: “Washington is also retreating from parts of the multilateral order while seeking to reshape global trade more in its favour, reinforcing perceptions of unilateralism. Gold may be signaling an incomplete global reordering: not a clear new polarity, but an “unipolar” world in which leadership shifts by issue, region and moment. The US and the dollar would still likely remain first among equals, supported by deep financial markets, technological dynamism and strategic advantages, even as rival powers continue to rise.”

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AXA IM Short Duration Income UCITS ETF USD Dist (ASLT ETF) med ISIN IE000P0AMD16, är en aktivt förvaltad börshandlad fond.

AXA IM Short Duration Income UCITS ETF USD Dist (ASLT ETF) med ISIN IE000P0AMD16, är en aktivt förvaltad börshandlad fond.

ETFen investerar i företagsobligationer från hela världen. Rating: Investment grade. Löptid: 1–3 år.

Den börshandlade fondens totala kostnadskvot (TER) uppgår till 0,19 % per år. Ränteintäkterna (kuponger) i ETFen delas ut till investerarna (månadsvis).

AXA IM Short Duration Income UCITS ETF USD Dist är en mycket liten ETF med 0 miljoner euro förvaltade tillgångar. Denna ETF lanserades den 9 juli 2025 och har sitt säte i Irland.

Handla ASLT ETF

AXA IM Short Duration Income UCITS ETF USD Dist (ASLT ETF) är en europeisk börshandlad fond. Denna fond handlas på flera olika börser, till exempel Deutsche Boerse Xetra och Borsa Italiana.

Det betyder att det går att handla andelar i denna ETF genom de flesta svenska banker och Internetmäklare, till exempel  Nordnet, SAVR, DEGIRO och Avanza.

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Anslut dig till kvantrevolutionen med Lunates nya ETF på Xetra

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Kvantdatorteknik transformerar alla sorters industrier från hälso- och sjukvård till cybersäkerhet, och Boreas kliver fram som en nyckelspelare. Lunate Capitals Boreas Solactive Quantum Computing UCITS ETF på Xetra erbjuder investerare en diversifierad exponering mot ledande globala kvantteknologibolag.

Kvantdatorteknik håller snabbt på att gå från forskningslabb till verkliga tillämpningar – och investerare får nu ett nytt sätt att ta del av utvecklingen. Med lanseringen av Boreas Solactive Quantum Computing UCITS ETF (QQCC) Xetra öppnas dörren till ett av de mest transformativa teknikområdena i modern tid.

En ny era inom datorkraft

Till skillnad från traditionella datorer, som bearbetar information steg för steg, kan kvantdatorer analysera många möjliga lösningar samtidigt. Resultatet är en exponentiell ökning i beräkningskraft – med potential att lösa problem som idag är praktiskt taget omöjliga.

Enligt uppskattningar kan kvantteknologi skapa upp till 2 biljoner (eng: trillions) dollar i ekonomiskt värde fram till 2035.

Tekniken väntas få särskilt stor påverkan inom områden som:

Läkemedelsutveckling – snabbare simulering av proteinveckning och sjukdomar

Materialvetenskap – utveckling av starkare och lättare material

Finans – förbättrad riskhantering och portföljoptimering

Stark tillväxt och ökade investeringar

Kvantindustrin befinner sig i ett tydligt tillväxtskede. Under 2024 investerades omkring 2 miljarder dollar i kvantstartups globalt, samtidigt som statliga satsningar överstiger 50 miljarder dollar totalt. Både USA och Kina har uttryckt kvantmekanik som särskilt viktigt och prioriterat område och stora satsningar har tillkännagivits under 2025 och 2026.

Samtidigt växer marknaden snabbt, med ökande patentaktivitet och stora samarbeten mellan teknikbolag och investerare. Regionen Mellanöstern, särskilt UAE och Saudiarabien, positionerar sig också som en viktig hub för kvantutveckling.

ETF ger bred exponering mot kvanttemat

Den nya ETF:en, Boreas Solactive Quantum Computing UCITS ETF (QQCC), är utformad för att ge investerare diversifierad exponering mot cirka 25 ledande bolag inom kvantteknologi.

Indexet omfattar hela värdekedjan, inklusive:

• Hårdvara för kvantdatorer

• Mjukvara och algoritmer

• Kvantkommunikation och cybersäkerhet

Portföljen kombinerar globala teknikledare med mycket forskning och utveckling inom kvantum såsom IBM och Google, med mer nischade, snabbväxande bolag som IonQ, Rigetti och D-Wave.

Skillnader mot andra liknande ETFer

I enlighet med Boreas devis om att vara ”true to theme” i sin ETF-design fokuserar fonden på att enbart inkludera de bolag som är absolut mest relevanta mot utvecklingen av framförallt Quantum Computing hårdvara så som mikrochip (QPU’s). Portföljen är framtagen med hjälp av Solactives natural language processing verktyg ARTIS och vikterna i portföljen är enligt varje bolags relevans mot temat.

Fonden rebalanseras två gånger om året vilket möjliggör att snabbt snappa upp nykomlingar och bolag som snabbt gör framsteg inom temat. Med hjälp av ARTIS-verktyget kan på så sätt relevanta bolag snabbt få ökad vikt och mindre framgångsrika bolag få mindre.

Andra liknande fonder fokuserar ofta på bolag med mest patent inom kvantum. Detta kan leda till att bolag som främst använder kvantum hamnar i de portföljerna, medans Boreas fond fokuserar på de bolag som leder utvecklingen inom kvantumteknologin. Många av bolagen konkurrerar om att bli ”nästa NVIDIA” och leda en ny generations mikrochip.

Med en total kostnad (TER) på 0,49 % erbjuder fonden ett konkurrenskraftigt sätt att få exponering mot ett komplext och snabbt utvecklande tema.

Ett tema för långsiktiga investerare

Kvantteknologi ses i allt större utsträckning som en strategisk nyckelindustri, inte minst i takt med diskussionen om “Q-Day” – den punkt då kvantdatorer kan bryta dagens krypteringssystem.

För investerare innebär detta både risker och möjligheter. Som tematisk investering är ETFen särskilt lämpad som ett komplement – en så kallad satellitallokering – till bredare aktieportföljer. Trots att forskningen inom kvantdatorer har pågått i över 45 år är det en teknologi i tidigt skede där en klar vinnare ännu inte korats. Det gör temat volatilt och extra känsligt för positiva såväl som negativa nyheter.

Slutsats

Med lanseringen på Xetra blir kvantinvesteringar nu mer tillgängliga för europeiska investerare. För den som vill positionera sig inför nästa stora teknologiska skifte erbjuder Boreas kvant-ETF en enkel väg in i ett område som kan definiera framtidens ekonomi.

Namn: Boreas Solactive Quantum Computing UCITS ETF USD (Acc)

Ticker: QQCC

Handelsplats: Xetra

Handla QQCC ETF

Boreas Solactive Quantum Computing UCITS ETF USD (Acc) (QQCC ETF) är en europeisk börshandlad fond. Denna fond handlas på flera olika börser, till exempel Deutsche Boerse Xetra.

Det betyder att det går att handla andelar i denna ETF genom de flesta svenska banker och Internetmäklare, till exempel  Nordnet, SAVR, DEGIRO och Avanza.

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