"Unstoppable bleeding"! Tariff storm + tech stock "earnings slaughter" Over 10 billion dollars flee from US stocks.

As of the week ending on February 5th, US stock funds saw their fourth consecutive weekly outflow of funds within five weeks, due to President Donald Trump's tariff imposition intensifying political risks for GEO Group Inc, as well as investors feeling cautious about lower-than-expected earnings from major tech companies. Data from Lipper LSEG shows that investors net sold $10.71 billion worth of US stock funds, marking the largest single-week sell-off since December 18, 2024. In comparison, investors net allocated $4.86 billion and $1.88 billion to Asian funds and European funds respectively. The flow of funds in US stock, bond, and currency market funds did not fare well. Disappointing cloud revenue growth for Alphabet Inc. Class C (GOOGL.US) and its significant investment in artificial intelligence, along with weak data center sales forecasts for AMD (AMD.US), have fueled investors concerns about large-scale AI investments. US investors withdrew $6.44 billion from large-cap stock funds, marking the largest weekly outflow since December 18 of last year. They also sold off $2.02 billion, $1.12 billion, and $335 million worth of small-cap stock funds, diversified stock funds, and mid-cap stock funds respectively. However, US sector funds attracted $1.2 billion in funds, marking the third consecutive week of inflow, with financial and non-essential consumer goods funds attracting $1.01 billion and $907 million respectively. At the same time, investors bought $39.61 billion worth of currency market funds, after net selling $35.13 billion the previous week. Bond funds saw their fifth consecutive week of inflow, attracting $9.22 billion in funds. US taxable fixed income funds, intermediate-term investment-grade funds, and loan participation funds were popular, attracting $4.64 billion, $3.31 billion, and $2.93 billion respectively.