Replies to post #145045 on Zeev's Turnips Patch-No Politics (ZEEV)

[TJ Parker]

did you pick the peak figures for 2001 and 2002?

yep, those were peak figures. actually i supplied every value > $21B.

i sort of suspected something like that myself as i was typing them (which is why i went further back than just last year) - those were all "top" months.

i remember coming across a bar chart of inflows for this year somewhere ... i'll just have to remember where that was ...

[TJ Parker]

there are weekly numbers for 2003 here:

http://www2.henderson.com/global_includes/pdf/global_portal/strategy_matters.pdf

i haven't calculated from the charts for the first 3 months of the year, but those given in the text for later months are:

Apr 16B
May 12B
Jun 6-16B (est)

there's also a little tidbit in there of interest on why it may appear that retail investors are now "timing" the market better (as seen by inflows); the claim being that, because of cost cutting, many institutions are/may be using mutual funds of their competitors for exposure to sectors where they don't have representation (small cap, etc.)