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EQUITY/BOND Fund Flows for Week of Dec 30th

WEEKLY

Dec 28- Equity Fund Outflows -$1.6 Bil;
Taxable Bond Fund Outflows -$263 Mil
(xETF's – Equity Fund Outflows -$1.4 Bil; Taxable Bond Fund Outflows -$243 Mil)

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 28
Independent Data on Fund Flows & Holdings

• Large capital gains and dividend distributions were paid by many funds this week. There is no change in assets or flows when the distributed shares are reinvested. However, when a distribution is paid out in cash, rather than reinvested in shares, fund assets drop as a result of the outflow.
• Outflows this week are reflective of large cash payouts from Domestic equity funds;
• Excluding ETF activity, Equity funds report net cash outflows totaling -$1.396 billion in the week ended December 28 as International funds report net outflows of -$707 million;
• Largest ETF Inflows:
$536 Mil to the iShares Russell 2000 Index fund;
$438 Mil to the Nasdaq-100 Index Tracking Fund;
$356 Mil to the Select Sector SPDRs Materials;
$340 Mil to the DIAMOND Fund;
$151 Mil to the iShares Russell 1000 Value Index fund;
• Largest ETF Outflows:
-$603 Mil from the SPDR Trust Series I fund;
-$463 Mil from the iShares MSCI EAFE Index fund;
• Excluding ETF activity Real Estate funds report net outflows (-$145 Mil) for the 14th consecutive week;
• Excluding ETF activity, Taxable Bond funds report net cash outflows totaling -$243 Mil as outflows from High Yield funds (-$371 Mil) and Government Bonds investing in Mortgage-backed securities (-$236 Mil) are mitigated by inflows to Flexible funds ($111 Mil) and Balanced Funds ($91 Mil);
• Money Market funds report net inflows of $16.045 billion;
• Municipal Bond funds report net inflows totaling $16 million.

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