Thursday, September 6, 2012

Mutual funds have 6th straight week of outflows


Reuters reports that investors in U.S.-based mutual funds pulled money out of equity funds for the sixth straight week and preferred bond funds as many anticipated hints of extended bond-buying from the U.S. Federal Reserve, data from the Investment Company Institute showed on Wednesday.

    Equity funds had estimated net outflows of $4.43 billion in the week ended Aug. 29, said ICI, a U.S. mutual fund trade organization. About $3 .71 billion of the net outflows was yanked from funds that target U.S. stocks. Bond funds attracted $6.55 billion in net new money, their 13th straight week of inflows and down modestly from inflows of $6.83 billion the previous week. Bond funds have had just one week of outflows this year, a mere $211 million in the week ended May 30…
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Hybrid funds, which can invest in stocks and fixed income securities, attracted $866 million in inflows, down from the previous week's 27-week high of $2.41 billion in inflows….


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