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EQUITY/BOND Fund Flows for Week of May 12th


WEEKLY

May 10- Equity Fund Inflows $6.4 Bil; Taxable Bond Fund Inflows $22 Mil;
(xETF's Equity Fund Inflows $2.9 Bil; Taxable Bond Fund Outflows $21 Mil)

May 3- Equity Fund Inflows $7.5 Bil; Taxable Bond Fund Inflows $788 Mil;
(xETF's Equity Fund Inflows $1.9 Bil; Taxable Bond Fund Inflows $821 Mil)


Flows: May 10
Independent Data on Fund Flows & Holdings

• Including ETF activity, Equity funds report net cash inflows totaling $6.396 billion in the week ended 5/10/06 with Non-domestic funds reporting net inflows totaling $3.682 billion and Domestic funds reporting net inflows totaling $2.714 billion;
• Excluding ETF activity, Equity funds report net cash inflows totaling $2.945 billion with Non-domestic funds reporting 86% of the inflows ($2.540 Bil) and Domestic funds reporting 14% of the inflows ($405 Mil);
• Exchange Traded Funds report net inflows totaling $3.451 billion, the most going to Growth/Value Small Cap funds ($1.633 Bil) and International Equity funds ($1.142 Bil);
• Excluding ETF activity, International Equity funds report inflows totaling $2.211 Bil to all Emerging and Developed Regions as a record number of share classes (868) report inflows to the sector;
• Largest ETF inflows:
$1.666 Bil to the iShares Russell 2000 Index fund;
$205 Mil to the Mid Cap SPDR fund;
$179 Mil to the iShares S&P 500 Index fund;
$166 Mil to the iShares MSCI Brazil Index fund;
$115 Mil to the iShares DJ US Real Estate Index fund;
• Largest ETF outflows:
-$196 Mil from the iShares Russell 1000 Growth Index fund;
-$95 Mil from the Select Sector SPDRs Utility fund;
-$92 Mil from the Vanguard REIT Index VIPER fund;
• Excluding ETF activity, Taxable Bond funds report net cash outflows totaling -$21 million as inflows to Flexible funds ($279 Mil) and International & Global Debt funds ($216 Mil) are offset with outflows from Government Bond funds (-$337 Mil) and Corporate Bond funds (-$226 Mil);
• Outflows resume from High Yield Corporate Bond funds (-$105 Mil);
• Money Market Funds report net inflows totaling $7.321 billion;
• Municipal Bond funds report net cash inflows totaling $51 million.

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