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03/03/06 9:42 PM

#9353 RE: Bullwinkle #9147

EQUITY/BOND Fund Flows for Week of Mar 3rd


WEEKLY

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.

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