Total Net Assets of Mutual Funds
Billions of dollars
| Mar 2010 | Feb 2010 | % chg | Dec 2009 | |
| Stock Funds | 5,205.8 | 4,891.7R | 6.4 | 4,957.6 |
| Hybrid Funds | 673.7 | 644.7R | 4.5 | 640.7 |
| Taxable Bond Funds | 1,870.2 | 1,824.0R | 2.5 | 1,749.1 |
| Municipal Bond Funds | 475.2 | 472.2R | 0.6 | 457.1 |
| Taxable Money Market Funds | 2,618.9 | 2,761.9R | -0.5 | 2,918.8 |
| Tax-Free Money Market Funds | 365.0 | 377.2 | -0.3 | 397.4 |
| Total | 11,208.7 | 10,971.6R | 2.1 | 11,120.7 |
R=Revised data; Components may not add to the total because of rounding.
Highlights: Long-term funds—stock, bond, and hybrid funds—had a net inflow of $52.91 billion in March, vs. an inflow of $29.51 billion in February.
Stock funds posted an inflow of $11.22 billion in March, compared with an inflow of $651 million in February. Among stock funds, world equity funds (U.S. funds that invest primarily overseas) posted an inflow of $8.32 billion in March, vs. an inflow of $5.11 billion in February. Funds that invest primarily in the U.S. had an inflow of $2.89 billion in March, vs. an outflow of $4.46 billion in February.
Hybrid funds posted an inflow of $4.54 billion in March, compared with an inflow of $2.30 billion in February.
Bond funds had an inflow of $37.15 billion in March, compared with an inflow of $26.56 billion in February. Taxable bond funds had an inflow of $33.32 billion in March, vs. an inflow of $21.62 billion in February. Municipal bond funds had an inflow of $3.83 billion in March, compared with an inflow of $4.94 billion in February.
Money market funds had an outflow of $155.70 billion in March, compared with an outflow of $77.26 billion in February. Funds offered primarily to institutions had an outflow of $125.62 billion. Funds offered primarily to individuals had an outflow of $30.08 billion.