August 2- Equity Fund Inflows $2.4 Bil; Taxable Bond Fund Inflows $699 Mil; (xETFs - Equity Fund Outflows -$383 Mil; Taxable Bond Fund Inflows $713 Mil)
July 26- Equity Fund Inflows $1.4 Bil; Taxable Bond Fund Outflows -$120 Mil (xETFs - Equity Fund Outflows -$918 Mil; Taxable Bond Fund Outflows -$187 Mil)
July 19- Equity Fund Outflows -$5.8 Bil; Taxable Bond Fund Inflows $445 Mil (xETFs Equity Fund Outflows -$2.7 Mil; Taxable Bond Fund Inflows $225 Mil)
Flows: August 2 Independent Data on Fund Flows & Holdings
• Including ETF activity, Equity funds report net cash inflows totaling $2.415 billion in the week ended 8/2/06 with Domestic funds reporting net inflows of $1.173 billion and Non-domestic funds reporting net inflows of $1.242 billion; • Excluding ETF activity, Equity funds report net cash outflows totaling -$383 million with Domestic funds reporting net outflows of -$662 million and Non-domestic funds reporting net inflows totaling $279 million; • Exchange Traded (Equity) funds report net inflows of $2.798 billion with the largest flows: $1.143 Bil to the SPDR Trust Series 1 fund; -$568 Mil from the iShares Russell 2000 Index fund; $459 Mil to the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index fund; $403 Mil to the NASDAQ 100 Index Tracking Stock fund; • Excluding ETF activity International funds report net inflows totaling $285 million with inflows reported in all Emerging and Developed regions but Japan; • Excluding ETF activity Taxable Bond funds report net inflows totaling $713 million with the largest going to High Yield Corporate Bond funds ($336 Mil), Flexible funds ($305 Mil), and International & Global Debt funds ($156 Mil); • High Yield Bond funds report the largest inflow since 12/7/05 as more funds report net inflows (234) than any week since 11/3/04; • Money Market funds report net cash inflows totaling $22.223 billion; • Municipal Bond funds report net inflows totaling $270 million.