Many investors are already riding the wave of optimism in international equities after the multi-year bull run in the U.S. markets. Stacey Gilbert of Susquehanna said that U.S. investors have funneled $72 billion into international ETFs while U.S. stock ETFs have experienced $25 billion in outflows.
“Investors have positioned, and are continuing to position, everywhere but the U.S.,” Gilbert said on CNBC. “I would say the majority of the focus right now tends to be on Europe and Japan.”
Year-to-date, EWJ has attracted $2.5 billion in net inflows, DXJ saw $3.9 billion in inflows, HEWJ brought in $423.2 million and DBJP added $465.3 million, according to ETF.com. [Investors Still Like the Japan ETF Trade]
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Max Chen contributed to this article.