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04/08/06 2:41 PM

#10723 RE: Bullwinkle #10472

EQUITY/BOND Fund Flows for Week of Mar 31st


WEEKLY

Apr 5- Equity Fund Inflows $2.1 Bil; Taxable Bond Fund Inflows $1.2 Bil
(xETF's Equity Fund Inflows $1.2 Bil; Taxable Bond Fund Inflows $893 Mil)

Mar 29- Equity Fund Inflows $10 Mil; Taxable Bond Fund Outflows $53 Mil
(xETF's Equity Fund Inflows $1.8 Bil; Taxable Bond Fund Outflows -$95 Mil)


Flows: Apr 5
Independent Data on Fund Flows & Holdings


• Excluding ETF activity, Equity funds report net cash inflows totaling $1.206 billion in the week ended April 5 with 92% ($1.107 Bil) going to funds investing in Non-domestic securities;
• Excluding ETF activity, International Equity funds report net cash inflows ($842 Mil) to all Developed and Emerging regions except Latin America (-$2 Mil);
• Largest Equity ETF inflows:
$474 Mil to the iShares MSCI EAFE Index fund;
$451 Mil to the SPDR Trust Series 1 fund;
$168 Mil to the S&P MidCap 400 Index fund;
$131 Mil to the iShares MSCI Japan Index fund;
$126 Mil to the iShares Russell 2000 Index fund;
• Largest Equity ETF outflows:
-$434 Mil from the iShares DJ US Real Estate Index fund;
-$270 Mil from the MidCap SPDR fund;
-$135 Mil from the DIAMONDS fund;
-$120 Mil from the iShares Russell 2000 Growth Index fund;
• Excluding ETF activity, Taxable Bond funds report net cash inflows totaling $893 million with most going to Investment Grade Corporate Bond funds ($387 Mil), Flexible funds ($193 Mil) and International & Global Debt funds ($183 Mil);
• High Yield Corporate Bond funds report the largest inflows ($50 Mil) since 12/7/05;
• Money Market funds report net cash inflows totaling $2.514 Bil;
• Municipal Bond funds report net cash inflows ($331 Mil) with all sectors reporting inflows except Intermediate Municipal Bond funds (-$61 Mil).

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