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[By Lisa Barr](/contributors/lisa-barr)

 Feb 06, 2023

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[**Crypto Funds Notch Big January Inflows Amid Surge for Tokens**](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-02-01/crypto-funds-notch-big-january-inflows-amid-surge-for-tokens?srnd=etfs) (Bloomberg)

Investors deployed $210 million into those products last month.

[**Do Stocks With High ESG Ratings Hurt Fund Performance?**](https://www.institutionalinvestor.com/article/b8x8x2y062rw25/Do-Stocks-With-High-ESG-Ratings-Hurt-Fund-Performance) (Institutional Investor)

New research says diversified equity funds aren’t bullish on the ability of sustainable and socially conscious companies to generate superior returns.

[**Are Declining Interest Rates Responsible for Stock Growth?**](https://ofdollarsanddata.com/are-declining-interest-rates-responsible-for-stock-growth/) (Of Dollars and Data)

An analysis of when interest rate declines impact stock prices and how this will affect portfolios in 2023 and beyond.

[**Markets Are Playing Game of Chicken With Central Banks on Pivot Bets**](https://www.advisorperspectives.com/articles/2023/02/04/markets-play-game-of-chicken-with-central-banks-on-pivot-bets) (Advisor Perspectives)

Bullish markets are increasingly pricing in a second-half reversal of the global monetary tightening wave.

[**Bitcoin Mining and Local Stock Market Performance Correlations**](https://blogs.cfainstitute.org/investor/2023/01/31/bitcoin-mining-and-local-stock-market-correlations/) (CFA Institute)

Is there a relationship between where bitcoin is mined and how the performance of the local equity markets correlates with bitcoin prices?

[**Emerging Market Default Risk Falls Back to Pre-Ukraine War Level**](https://www.advisorperspectives.com/articles/2023/02/04/emerging-market-default-risk-falls-back-to-pre-ukraine-war-level) (Advisor Perspectives)

The cost of insuring emerging market nations against default fell to the lowest in nearly a year as the dollar weakens and investors bet less aggressive U.S. tightening will bring relief to developing borrowers.

[**Is This the End of the Bear Market?**](https://www.benzinga.com/trading-ideas/long-ideas/23/02/30693580/is-this-the-end-of-the-bear-market-s-p-500-nears-key-metric-golden-cross-set-to-form) (Benzinga)

S&amp;P 500 nears key metric, golden cross set to form.



 

 

 [ Lisa Barr ](/contributors/lisa-barr) 

 

 

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