Institutional, Retail Investors Shed $27B In U.S. Stocks In Early April Sell-Off

Summary

• Institutional investors sold $19.52 billion in stocks from April 2, when the tariffs were announced, through April 10, the day after the White House issued an executive order pausing the implementation of the tariffs.
• Hedge funds added a net $8.05 billion in equities, while index funds and exchange-traded funds bought a net $9.07 billion during the seven trading days between April 2 and April 10.
• Index funds and ETFs were net buyers of equities during all three periods, adding $1.31 billion on April 2, $751.9 million from April 3 to 8 and $7 billion from April 9 to 10.
• The financials sector saw the biggest swings in investor positioning activity on April 2.

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Institutional and retail investors offloaded a combined net of $27 billion in US stocks in early April — much of which was bought by hedge funds, index funds and exchange-traded funds — as financial markets whipsawed after the US introduced a slate of new