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Estimated Long-Term Mutual Fund Flows

* Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Washington, DC, October 24, 2012 - Total estimated inflows to long-term mutual funds were $7.95 billion for the week ended Wednesday, October 17, the Investment Company Institute reported today. Flow estimates are derived from data collected covering more than 95 percent of industry assets and are adjusted to represent industry totals.

Equity funds had estimated outflows of $1.73 billion for the week, compared to estimated outflows of $2.61 billion in the previous week. Domestic equity funds had estimated outflows of $1.36 billion, while estimated outflows from world equity funds were $369 million.

Hybrid funds, which can invest in stocks and fixed income securities, had estimated inflows of $818 million for the week, compared to estimated inflows of $242 million in the previous week.

Bond funds had estimated inflows of $8.86 billion, compared to estimated inflows of $9.51 billion during the previous week. Taxable bond funds saw estimated inflows of $7.58 billion, while municipal bond funds had estimated inflows of $1.29 billion.

http://www.ici.org/research/stats/flows/flows_10_24_12

George.

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