Dec 21- Equity Fund Outflows -$5.8 Bil; Taxable Bond Fund Outflows -$88 Mil (xETF's – Equity Fund Inflows $1.3 Bil; Taxable Bond Fund Inflows $90Mil)
Dec 14- Equity Fund Inflows $2.2 Bil; Taxable Bond Fund Outflows -$1.4 Bil (xETF's - Equity Fund Outflows -$6.1 Bil; Taxable Bond Fund Outflows -$1.4 Bil)
Dec 07- Equity Fund Inflows $2.312 Bil; Taxable Bond Fund Inflows $549 Mil (xETF's - Equity Fund Outflows -$1.906 Bil; Taxable Bond Fund Inflows $552 Mil)
Flows: Dec 21 Independent Data on Fund Flows & Holdings
• Excluding ETF activity, Equity funds report net cash inflows totaling $1.286 billion in the week ended December 21 as International funds report net inflows of $1.339 billion to all Developed and Emerging Regions; • Largest ETF Inflows: $289 Mil to the iShares MSCI EAFE Index fund; $157 Mil to the iShares MSCI EMU Index fund; $150 Mil to the iShares Russell 1000 Growth Index fund; $146 Mil to the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index fund; $144 Mil to the iShares Russell 1000 Value Index fund; $140 Mil to the iShares NASDAQ-100 Index Tracking Stock fund; • Largest ETF Outflows: -$5.017 Bil from the SPDR Trust Series I fund; -$1.639 Bil from the iShares Russell 2000 Index fund; • Excluding ETF activity Real Estate funds report net outflows (-$12 Mil) for the 13th consecutive week; • Excluding ETF activity Technology funds report the largest net outflows (-$200 Mil) since 3/9/05; • Excluding ETF activity, Taxable Bond funds report net cash inflows totaling $90 Mil as outflows from Government Bond funds investing in Mortgage-backed securities (-$301 Mil) and High Yield Corporate Bond funds (-$161 Mil) are offset by inflows to International & Global Debt funds ($541 Mil) as various Merrill Lynch Global Allocation fund share classes report net inflows totaling $742 million; • Money Market funds report net inflows of $18.228 billion; • Municipal Bond funds report net outflows totaling -$138 million.