Equity, Bond & Money Market Fund Flows Report

The weekly mutual fund flows data shows money continues to pour out of low yielding money market funds.  Also, equity funds show a net loss of funds for the year
From briefing.com's weekly wrap:

Index	Ended Week	YTD %
DJIA	10450.64	0.2
Nasdaq	2309.80	1.8
S&P 500	1117.51	0.2

Annual data shown in table 1 below. Raw data from AMG Weekly Fund Flows Data

Weekly 06/16/2010

• Equity Fund Inflows $11.4 Bil
• Taxable Bond Fund Inflows $3.7 Bil
• xETFs - Equity Fund Outflows -$13 Mil; Taxable Bond Fund Inflows $2.3 Bil

Fund Flow Totals for 2010 through 6/16/10

Table 1	AMG Fund Flows for Full Year - $B
---------------	Equity	Tax Bond	MM Fund
Fund Flows for 2003	40.8	40.7	NC
Fund Flows for 2004	95.0	11.3	(64.3)
Fund Flows for 2005	71.9	9.3	89.0
Fund Flows for 2006	52.5	29.9	308.3
Fund Flows for 2007	111.3	68.8	569.5
Fund Flows for 2008	3.5	(3.3)	608.0
Fund Flows for 2009	6.0	172.0	(280.2)
Fund Flows for 2010	(1.6)	75.5	(431.4)+

• NC = Data Not Compiled
•  += Some data for Money Market Funds between March 2010 and June 19, 2010 is missing but the overall trend is clear.

ExETFs—For the week ended 6/16/2010 All Equity funds report net outflows totaling -$0.013 billion as Domestic Equity funds report net outflows of -$0.307 billion and Non-Domestic Equity funds report net intflows of $0.294 billion... ExETFs—Emerging Markets Equity funds report net inflows of $0.310 billion as some investors continue to become less risk averse as they take advantage of a bottoming euro/dollar relationship and expected exports to US consumers… Net inflows are reported for All Taxable Bond funds ($2.323 billion), bringing the rate of inflows of the $2.410-trillion sector to $1.651 billion/week... Increasing net inflows are reported to International & Global debt funds totaling $0.628 billion from $294 million a week earlier, and the largest inflow to the sector in seven weeks, indicating less risk aversion among investors to that sector... Net inflows are now reported to Corp-High Yield funds totaling $0.068 billion, the first inflows to the sector in seven weeks... Money Market funds report net outflows totaling -$37.866 billion... ExETFs—Municipal Bond funds report net inflows of $0.218 billion….

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Equity, Bond & Money Market Fund Flows Report

The weekly mutual fund flows data shows more money is still going into bond funds than equity funds.  Also, GDP growth is clearly aided by people pulling money out of their money market savings accounts.

Annual data shown in table 1 below.

Weekly 04/28/2010

• Equity Fund Inflows $3.8 Bil;
• Taxable Bond Fund Inflows $4.3 Bil
• xETFs - Equity Fund Inflows $1.7 Bil; Taxable Bond Fund Inflows $3.2 Bil

ExETFs—For the week ended 4/28/2010 All Equity funds report net inflows totaling $1.725 billion as Domestic Equity funds report net inflows of $1.398 billion and Non-Domestic Equity funds report net inflows of $0.326 billion...  The rate of inflows to Non-Domestic funds is $1.243 billion/week, as measured over four weeks...  ExETFs—Emerging Markets Debt funds report net inflows of $0.220 billion…  Net inflows are reported for All Taxable Bond funds ($4.336 billion), bringing the rate of inflows of the $2.292-trillion sector to $5.924 billion/week...  Net inflows are reported to Corporate Investment Grade funds totaling $1.159 billion...  Net inflows are reported to Flexible Funds totaling $1.656 billion... International & Global Debt funds have reported inflows (+$1.213 billion) for the fifty-eighth consecutive week...  Money Market funds report net outflows totaling $7.726 billion...  ExETFs—Municipal Bond funds report net inflows of $0.085 billion…            

Table 1	AMG Fund Flows for Full Year - $B
---------------	Equity	Tax Bond	MM Fund
Fund Flows for 2003	40.8	40.7	NC
Fund Flows for 2004	95.0	11.3	(64.3)
Fund Flows for 2005	71.9	9.3	89.0
Fund Flows for 2006	52.5	29.9	308.3
Fund Flows for 2007	111.3	68.8	569.5
Fund Flows for 2008	3.5	(3.3)	608.0
Fund Flows for 2009	6.0	172.0	(280.2)
Fund Flows for 2010	(0.5)	66.6	(362.8)

NC = Data Not Compiled

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The Lipper FMI Fund Flows Database

According to amgdata.com: The Lipper FMI Fund Flow Database is the most accurate, timely, and comprehensive proxy for investor sentiment. Weekly and monthly investor flows are aggregated in 19000 open-end mutual fund share classes with an $11 Trillion asset base that is sectored in datasets by investment objective as defined in the prospectus.

Affiliated Managers Group Inc.

(AMG) is an asset management company with equity investments in a diverse group of boutique investment management firms.

Equity, Bond and Money Market Fund Flows as reported by AMG/Lipper Weekly Fund Flows Data at http://www.amgdata.com

Equity, Bond & Money Market Fund Flows Report

AMG Weekly Fund Flows Data from http://www.amgdata.com

Annual data shown in table 1 below.

Weekly 04/21/2010

• Equity Fund Inflows $2.2 Bil
• Taxable Bond Fund Inflows $3.6 Bil
• xETFs - Equity Fund Inflows $2.1 Bil; Taxable Bond Fund Inflows $3.3 Bil

ExETFs—For the week ended 4/21/2010 All Equity funds report net inflows totaling $2.097 billion as Domestic Equity funds report net inflows of $1.459 billion and Non-Domestic Equity funds report net inflows of $0.638 billion... The rate of inflows to Non-Domestic funds is $1.348 billion/week, as measured over four weeks... ExETFs—Emerging Markets Debt funds report net inflows of $0.370 billion… Net inflows are reported for All Taxable Bond funds ($3.608 billion), bringing the rate of inflows of the $2.290-trillion sector to $7.663 billion/week... Net inflows are reported to Corporate Investment Grade funds totaling $0.883 billion... Net inflows are reported to Flexible Funds totaling $1.044 billion... International & Global Debt funds have reported inflows (+$1.372 billion) for the fifty-seventh consecutive week... Money Market funds report net outflows totaling $33.416 billion... ExETFs—Municipal Bond funds report net inflows of $0.130 billion…

Table 1	AMG Fund Flows for Full Year - $B
---------------	Equity	Tax Bond	MM Fund
Fund Flows for 2003	40.8	40.7	NC
Fund Flows for 2004	95.0	11.3	(64.3)
Fund Flows for 2005	71.9	9.3	89.0
Fund Flows for 2006	52.5	29.9	308.3
Fund Flows for 2007	111.3	68.8	569.5
Fund Flows for 2008	3.5	(3.3)	608.0
Fund Flows for 2009	6.0	172.0	(280.2)
Fund Flows for 2010	(4.3)	62.3	(355.1)

NC = Data Not Compiled

More info:

The Lipper FMI Fund Flows Database

According to amgdata.com: The Lipper FMI Fund Flow Database is the most accurate, timely, and comprehensive proxy for investor sentiment. Weekly and monthly investor flows are aggregated in 19000 open-end mutual fund share classes with an $11 Trillion asset base that is sectored in datasets by investment objective as defined in the prospectus.

Affiliated Managers Group Inc.

(AMG) is an asset management company with equity investments in a diverse group of boutique investment management firms.

Equity, Bond and Money Market Fund Flows as reported by AMG/Lipper