Mar 8- Equity Fund Inflows $951 Mil; Taxable Bond Fund Inflows $809 Mil (xETF's Equity Fund Inflows $2.9 Bil; Taxable Bond Fund Inflows $495 Mil)
Mar 1- Equity Fund Inflows $2.9 Bil; Taxable Bond Fund Inflows $1.2 Bil (xETF's Equity Fund Inflows $2.0 Bil; Taxable Bond Fund Inflows $1.0 Bil)
Flows: Mar 8 Independent Data on Fund Flows & Holdings
• Excluding ETF activity, Equity funds report net cash inflows totaling $2.892 billion in the week ended March 8 with 58% ($1.680 Bil) going to funds investing in Non-domestic securities; • Excluding ETF activity, International funds report net cash inflows totaling $1.400 billion, as net inflows are reported by all Emerging and Developed regions; • Excluding ETF activity, Real Estate funds report inflows for the fifth consecutive week and the largest net inflows ($85 Mil) since 8/3/05; • Largest ETF inflows: $258 Mil to the iShares MSCI EAFE Index fund; $224 Mil to the iShares S&P 500 Index; $117 Mil to the Vanguard European Stock Index: VIPER fund; • Largest ETF Outflows: -$1.292 Bil from the iShares Russell 2000 Index fund; -$749 Mil from the Nasdaq-100 Index Tracking Stock fund; -$387 Mil from the Select Sector SPDRs Financial fund; -$364 Mil from the iShares MSCI Emerging Market Index fund; -$281 Mil from the Vanguard Mid Cap Index: VIPER fund; • Excluding ETF activity, Taxable Bond funds report net cash inflows totaling $495 million with the International & Global Debt and Investment Grade sectors reporting the largest inflows ($243 Mil; $219 Mil, respectively); • Largest net outflows are reported by High Yield Corporate Bond funds (-$185 Mil); • Money Market funds report net inflows totaling $6.127 billion as General MM funds report net inflows of $10.366 billion and Government MM funds report net outflows of -$4.618 billion; • Municipal Bond funds report net inflows totaling $140 million.