Mar 1- Equity Fund Inflows $2.9 Bil; Taxable Bond Fund Inflows $1.2 Bil (xETF's Equity Fund Inflows $2.0 Bil; Taxable Bond Fund Inflows $1.0 Bil)
Feb 22- Equity Fund Inflows $9.9 Bil; Taxable Bond Fund Outflows -$581 Mil (xETF's Equity Fund Inflows $3.2 Bil; Taxable Bond Fund Inflows $217 Mil)
Flows: Mar 1 Independent Data on Fund Flows & Holdings
• Excluding ETF activity, Equity funds report net cash inflows totaling $1.962 billion in the week ended March 1 with 70% ($1.378 Bil) going to funds investing in Non-domestic securities; • Excluding ETF activity, International funds report net inflows totaling $1.116 billion, as net inflows are reported by all Emerging and Developed regions; • Excluding ETFs, Real Estate funds report the fourth consecutive week of inflows and the largest inflows ($57 Mil) since 8/3/05; • Largest ETF inflows: $630 Mil to the SPDR Trust Series I; $365 Mil to the Select Sector SPDRs Financial fund; $266 Mil to the Vanguard Mid Cap Index: Viper fund; $207 Mil to the iShares MSCI Japan Index fund; $143 Mil to the Vanguard Small Cap Index: Viper fund; • Largest ETF outflows: -$663 Mil from the DIAMONDS fund; -$434 Mil from the Select Sector SPDRs Energy fund; -$215 Mil from the Mid Cap SPDR; • Excluding ETF activity Taxable Bond funds report net cash inflows totaling $1.000 billion. Sectors reporting inflows include Investment Grade Corporate bond funds ($467 Mil), Flexible bond funds ($392 Mil), Corporate High Yield bond funds ($300 Mil), and International & Global Debt funds ($268 Mil); • Money Market funds report net outflows totaling -$14.969 billion; • Municipal Bond funds report net cash inflows totaling $369 million.