After a tumultuous month for gold, recent price weakness has prompted inflows of US$148mn over the last week.
Position reduction continues for industrial metals, with outflows of US$45m for the week.
Thematic equity ETFs, Robotic and Cyber security continued to see steady inflows last week withUS$25mn and US$3mn, respectively.
Recent price strength in cocoa, has seen investors take profits this week with US$9mn outflows.
After a tumultuous month for gold, recent price weakness has prompted inflows of US$148mn over the last week, with a further US$16mn of inflows into other precious metals.
Negative sentiment over the last month has been primarily focussed on gold, while other precious metals have seen continued inflows, we believe this is due to the preeminent position of the sector as a safe haven destination. Gold, being seen as a risk hedge by many investors, has cooled in price recently due to the lack of news flow on geo-political worries. At the same time, market is continuing to focus on a Fed rate hike in December where market pricing suggests an 80% chance of a rate hike. Predictit.org also highlights the probabilities of the new Fed governorship being a race between Kevin Warsh, currently leading amongst bookies, and Jerome Powell. The former being seen as more hawkish on monetary policy relative to Janet Yellen, while Jerome Powell has similarly dovish views. We believe the prospect of a rate hike and a more hawkish governor is likely to weigh on gold prices in coming months.
We continue to see position reduction for industrial metals, with outflows of US$45m for the week, bringing outflows for the month to US$174m.
Prices for industrial metals have been strong this year having peaked with an average 22% gain. This week has seen further strong performance of 3% off the back of positive manufacturing data from the US and thin trading volumes from China due to Golden week. The outflows have been most concentrated in copper (US$34mn for the week) and the broad basket of industrials metals. The laggard in terms of performance this year, nickel, has seen inflows over the week of US$6mn.
We continue to expect a pullback in industrial metals because there are threats to the current rally due to this strong momentum. Historically, periods in which trading volumes in China have risen sharply have been followed by a correction. These pullbacks are usually an opportunity to shake out momentum trades and allow the market to focus on fundamentals. Given the significant declines in capital expenditure in recent years we continue to see deficits increase. Even though capital expenditure may soon start to increase, there remains long lead times in exploration and development of mines. We expect supplies to remain tight with the market unlikely to achieve balance in the short term.
Thematic equity ETFs, Robotics and Cyber security continued to see steady inflows last week with US$25mn and US$3mn, respectively.
Recent price strength in cocoa, which has risen 7.8% in recent months has seen investors take profits this week with US$9mn outflows.
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Utdelningsavkastningen för IncomeShares ETP:er (börshandlade produkter) ändras varje månad, beroende på strategins resultat och marknadsförhållanden. Den här artikeln förklarar hur dessa avkastningar har förändrats hittills i år.
Vad är utdelningsavkastning?
IncomeShares ETP:er syftar till att tjäna månadsinkomster genom att sälja optioner på olika underliggande investeringar. När en ETP säljer en option betalar optionsköparen en ”premie” till ETP:n. Den premien är den inkomstkälla som ETP:n kan betala ut till investerare varje månad.
För att göra dessa utdelningar lättare att jämföra använder branschen ”årlig utdelningsavkastning”. Detta tar den senaste månatliga inkomstutbetalningen, multiplicerar den med 12 och dividerar den med ETP:ns nettotillgångsvärde (NAV) för den månaden.
Vi uttrycker resultatet som en procentandel med hjälp av formeln nedan:
Utdelningsavkastning (%) = (senaste månatliga utdelningsavkastning × 12) ÷ nuvarande NAV × 100
Eftersom formeln annualiserar endast en månads utbetalning kan utdelningsavkastningen variera kraftigt varje månad. Till exempel hade IncomeShares S&P 500 Options ETP en annualiserad utdelningsavkastning på 180,27 % i april 2025. Men i juli var den 39,86 %.
I det här exemplet berodde mycket av den avkastningsskillnaden på marknadsförhållandena. I april var SPY (ETP:ns underliggande investering) mer volatil än i juli. Högre volatilitet ökar vanligtvis efterfrågan på optioner, vilket höjer premierna – och därmed inkomstpotentialen för options-ETP:er.
Under de sju månaderna från januari till juli låg IncomeShares S&P 500 Options ETP i genomsnitt på 82,36 %.
Hur har IncomeShares utdelningsavkastning förändrats under 2025?
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Av dessa 19 ETP:er har elva handlats under hela 2025. Tabellen nedan visar de årliga utdelningsavkastningarna som rapporterats varje månad i år (januari till juli) för dessa ursprungliga elva ETP:er:
De återstående åtta ETP:erna lanserades i slutet av juni – så de har bara en hel månad med utdelningar hittills (juli):