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.