The net institutional sale was the second-largest weekly on record, while retail investors bought $1.0B for a fifth consecutive week and hedge funds added $1.2B, according to the post.
Institutional investors sold a net $8.3 billion of US equities last week, described as the second-largest weekly sale on record. Retail investors purchased $1.0 billion, marking a fifth consecutive week of buying. Hedge funds bought $1.2 billion; the message notes their 8th, but the specific metric is not provided. Large equity flow shifts are often viewed as indicators of changing risk appetite across asset classes, including crypto and DeFi (decentralized finance). Analysts commonly monitor on-chain analytics (blockchain data analysis) to assess potential spillover effects into digital assets.