Capital outflow: BofA clients have withdrawn $5.7 billion in two weeks

Over the past two weeks, Bank of America clients have recorded record sales of shares of large companies, which has become one of the largest movements since 2008. Last week's net capital outflow amounted to $5.7 billion, which is the second week in a row with a figure of more than $5 billion. At the same time, exchange-traded equity investment funds (ETFs) raised $1 billion.

According to analysts, the stock sales in two weeks were the third largest since 2008, mainly due to large companies. Shares of small and medium-cap companies were also sold. Institutional investors posted their biggest sell-off since early June, while hedge funds remained sellers for the fourth week in a row. Private investors, on the contrary, returned to shopping after three weeks of sales.

Capital outflow was recorded in nine of the eleven sectors. The financial sector posted its sixth consecutive week of negative outflows, reaching the fourth largest weekly outflow since 2008. The communications sector recorded the sixth largest outflow in history, and the energy sector has become the leader in sales since the beginning of 2022. Only the materials and utilities sectors showed capital inflows.