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EQUITY/BOND Fund Flows for Week of Feb 10th


WEEKLY

Feb 8- Equity Fund Inflows $771 Mil; Taxable Bond Fund Inflows $1.3 Bil
(xETF's – Equity Fund Inflows $4.2 Bil; Taxable Bond Fund Inflows $1.5 Bil}

Feb 01- Equity Fund Inflows $7.6 Bil; Taxable Bond Fund Inflows $982 Mil
(xETF's – Equity Fund Inflows $2.9 Bil; Taxable Bond Fund Inflows $621 Mil)


Flows: Feb 8
Independent Data on Fund Flows & Holdings

• Excluding ETF activity, Equity funds report net cash inflows totaling $4.219 billion in the week ended February 8, with $2.697 billion (64%) going to Non-domestic funds;
• Excluding ETF activity, International funds report net inflows totaling $2.299 billion, the largest inflows to the sector since 10/2/02, as net inflows are reported to all Emerging and Developed regions;
• Excluding ETFs, Financial/Banking funds report the largest net outflows (-$72 Mil) since 4/13/05;
• Excluding ETFs, inflows accelerate to Gold & Natural Resource funds ($360 Mil/week—as measured over 4-weeks) for the fifth consecutive week;
• Largest ETF inflows:
$514 Mil to the iShares MSCI EAFE Index fund;
$434 Mil to the DIAMONDS fund;
$190 Mil to the iShares S&P 500 Index fund;
$169 Mil to the iShares SmCap 600 Index fund;
$139 Mil to the IShares FTSE Xinhua China25 Index fund;
• Largest ETF outflows:
-$2.214 Bil from the SPDR Trust Series 1 fund;
-$901 Mil from the Nasdaq-100 Index Tracking Stock fund;
-$889 Mil from the iShares Russell 2000 Index fund;
-$642 Mil from the Select Sector SPDRs Energy fund;
-$361 Mil from the iShares DJ US Real Estate Index fund;
-$296 Mil from the Select Sector SPDRs Financial fund;
• Excluding ETFs, Taxable Bond funds report net cash inflows totaling $1.501 billion as the JP Morgan Bond Select fund reports net inflows of $819 million;
• Taxable Bond fund sectors reporting strong inflows include Investment Grade Corporate Bond funds ($399 Mil) and International & Global Debt funds ($288 Mil);
• High Yield Corporate Bond funds report net outflows totaling -$40 million;
• Money Market funds report net outflows totaling -$4.669 billion;
• Municipal Bond funds report net cash inflows totaling $1.474 billion, as four JP Morgan funds report large inflows ($1.128 Bil);
$616 Mil to the JP Morgan Intermediate Tax Free Bond Select fund;
$229 Mil to the JP Morgan Tax Free Bond Select fund;
$168 Mil to the JP Morgan New York Tax Free Bond Select fund;
$115 Mil to the JP Morgan Tax Aware Short Term Intermediate Income Select fund.


AMG Newsline
Independent Data on Fund Flows & Holdings

02/09/06: January Equity Fund Inflows $29.1 Bil; Taxable Bond Fund Inflows $7.6 Bil
(xETF's Equity Fund Inflows $28.6 Bil; Taxable Bond Fund Inflows $6.9 Bil)

• Equity funds report net cash inflows totaling $29.148 billion in January ($28.621 Bil xETF activity) as Non-Domestic funds report inflows of $24.896 billion ($20.882 Bil xETFs);
• International Equity funds report record inflows of $21.499 billion ($17.484 Bil xETFs), with record inflows reported to all Emerging and Developed regions but Japan;
• Largest Fund Complex Equity fund inflows: $8.802 Bil to American Funds; $4.958 Bil to Vanguard funds; $4.554 Bil to iShares Funds;
• Taxable Bond funds report net inflows totaling $7.579 billion ($6.935 Bil xETFs), as inflows are reported to all sectors except Government Bond funds investing in Mortgage-backed securities –($1.178 Bil) and High Yield Corporate Bond funds –($104 Mil);
• Money Market funds report net outflows totaling -$17.493 billion, the first outflow from the sector since April, 2005;
• Municipal Bond funds report net cash inflows totaling $2.430 billion, the largest inflow to the sector since September, 2002.

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