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<p>According to <a href="https://www.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/global-equity-funds-snap-13week-inflow-streak-4881150" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">LSEG Lipper data</a>, gold and other precious-metals funds attracted $4.21 billion in net inflows in the week ended August 26, 2026, a six-month high. Over the same period, investors withdrew $5.87 billion from global equity funds, their first weekly outflow since May 20 and the end of a 13-week inflow streak. Because the figures cover different fund categories, they do not by themselves demonstrate that money leaving equities was directly reallocated into precious metals.</p>
<h2 id="data-snapshot">Data Snapshot</h2>
<p>MetricCurrentPreviousChangePeriodAs ofSourceNet inflows into gold and other precious-metals funds$4.21 billion—six-month highweek ended August 26, 20262026-08-26<a href="https://www.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/global-equity-funds-snap-13week-inflow-streak-4881150" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Reuters via Investing.com</a>Net outflows from global equity funds$5.87 billion—first weekly outflow since May 20week ended August 26, 20262026-08-26<a href="https://www.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/global-equity-funds-snap-13week-inflow-streak-4881150" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Reuters via Investing.com</a>Net sales from U.S. equity funds$22.33 billion——week ended August 26, 20262026-08-26<a href="https://www.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/global-equity-funds-snap-13week-inflow-streak-4881150" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Reuters via Investing.com</a>Net inflows into technology funds$3.2 billion——week ended August 26, 20262026-08-26<a href="https://www.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/global-equity-funds-snap-13week-inflow-streak-4881150" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Reuters via Investing.com</a>Net inflows into metals and mining funds$489 million——week ended August 26, 20262026-08-26<a href="https://www.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/global-equity-funds-snap-13week-inflow-streak-4881150" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Reuters via Investing.com</a>Net outflows from energy funds$313 million—second consecutive weekly outflowweek ended August 26, 20262026-08-26<a href="https://www.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/global-equity-funds-snap-13week-inflow-streak-4881150" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Reuters via Investing.com</a></p>
<h2 id="4-21-billion-lifts-precious-metals-fund-inflows-to-a-six-month-high">$4.21 billion lifts precious-metals fund inflows to a six-month high</h2>
<p>The $4.21 billion net inflow into gold and other precious-metals funds was the largest weekly reading in six months. The LSEG Lipper dataset cited by Reuters covered 28,976 funds.</p>
<p>That broad precious-metals total is the standout commodity-related flow measure for the week ended August 26, 2026. The available data does not provide a prior-week figure for the category, beyond identifying the current reading as a six-month high.</p>
<h2 id="global-equity-funds-end-a-13-week-inflow-streak">Global equity funds end a 13-week inflow streak</h2>
<p>Global equity funds saw $5.87 billion in net outflows in the week ended August 26, 2026, according to LSEG Lipper data reported by <a href="https://www.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/global-equity-funds-snap-13week-inflow-streak-4881150" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Reuters via Investing.com</a>. It was the first weekly withdrawal from the category since May 20.</p>
<p>U.S. equity funds accounted for $22.33 billion of net sales during the week. That national equity-fund figure sits within a category framework different from the aggregate global-equity and gold-and-precious-metals measures, limiting any direct comparison of the flow totals.</p>
<p>The concurrent precious-metals inflow and global equity outflow nevertheless mark a clear break from the preceding 13 weeks of global equity-fund inflows. Neither the reported totals nor the category labels identify individual investor reallocations.</p>
<h2 id="technology-inflows-contrast-with-metals-mining-and-energy-flows">Technology inflows contrast with metals, mining and energy flows</h2>
<p>Sector allocations were not uniformly defensive: technology funds received $3.2 billion in net inflows during the week ended August 26, 2026, compared with $489 million drawn by metals and mining funds.</p>
<p>The metals and mining number should not be conflated with the $4.21 billion flow into <a href="https://cryptodaily.co.uk/2026/08/gold-etf-inflows-hit-10-month-high-as-investors-add-64-billion" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">gold and other precious-metals funds</a>. Metals and mining is reported as a sectoral fund category, whereas the latter is the broader precious-metals fund total.</p>
<p>Energy funds, meanwhile, recorded $313 million in net outflows, their second consecutive weekly withdrawal. The contrast across technology, metals and mining, and energy shows that flows within equity and commodity-linked fund categories did not move in one direction during the week.</p>
<p>Disclaimer: This article is provided for informational purposes only. It is not offered or intended to be used as legal, tax, investment, financial, or other advice.</p>

Gold and Precious-Metals Funds Draw $4.21B, a Six-Month High

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