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Money market funds

Pooled investment funds that hold short-term, low-risk debt such as Treasury bills, repos, commercial paper and bank CDs, offering a liquid cash alternative.

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investOne report1 publisher

Korean ETF buyers put 5.35 trillion won into cash and US index funds that averaged 0.83% in a month

Korea's 10 most-bought ETFs took in 5.35 trillion won over a month and averaged 0.83%, while KOSDAQ supplier funds led the return table at 26% to 32%. Earnings season will test whether 2.17 trillion won parked in two cash funds follows them.

Publishers:en.sedaily.com

Reality

Evidence60
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+25
Incentives
Not scored
Confidence55
investConfirmed2 publishers

Goldman opens its $100 billion Treasury fund to a crypto settlement rail holding $89 million

Goldman Sachs is distributing its roughly $100 billion FTIXX Treasury fund through Lynq, a permissioned Avalanche settlement network, without tokenizing it. Lynq's crypto trading clients hold just over $89 million there, so the test is whether faster settlement alone pulls their idle cash into the fund.

Reality

Evidence55
Adoption18
Hype gap+35
Incentives55
Confidence55
investOne report1 publisher

Basis-trade hedge funds borrowed $3 trillion in repo market as of July 2025, New York Fed data show

Hedge funds in the Treasury basis trade borrowed $3.0 trillion in repo as of July 2025, New York Fed data show, roughly what money market funds lend. Dealers stand between the two, so a pullback in money-fund cash would reach the basis traders through dealer balance sheets.

Publishers:wolfstreet.com

Reality

Evidence60
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+10
Incentives
Not scored
Confidence55
investOne report1 publisher

Saudi Arabia's new CMA chief caps money-market funds' foreign holdings at 5%

Saudi Arabia's market regulator, under new chairman Mazen Al-Sudairi, capped money-market funds' foreign investments at 5% of net assets. The cap steers deposit-like savings home but does not settle whether IPO buyers trust how deals are priced.

Publishers:semafor.com

Reality

Evidence55
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap0
Incentives
Not scored
Confidence50
investOne report1 publisher

Michael Kramer dates a liquidity squeeze to October and November on $317bn of net issuance

Mott Capital's Michael Kramer argues that deteriorating breadth in stocks and high-yield bonds, falling SOFR volumes and money fund outflows will meet another $317 billion of net Treasury issuance in October and November.

Publishers:seekingalpha.com

Reality

Evidence20
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+35
Incentives60
Confidence45
investOne report1 publisher

Households pushed money-market balances to $5.1 trillion for a real yield under half a point

The Fed's Q2 accounts show household money-market holdings up 12.8% over the year to $5.1 trillion at yields below 3.75% after fees, with August CPI at 3.4% and the small-CD balances savers control flat for seven months.

Publishers:wolfstreet.com

Reality

Evidence63
Adoption78
Hype gap+15
Incentives32
Confidence60