Total Net Assets of Mutual Funds
Billions of dollars
| Apr 2010 | Mar 2010 | % chg | Dec 2009 | |
| Stock Funds | 5,279.2 | 5,202.7R | 1.5 | 4,957.6 |
| Hybrid Funds | 686.6 | 671.2R | 2.3 | 640.7 |
| Taxable Bond Funds | 1,919.4 | 1,870.1R | 2.6 | 1,749.1 |
| Municipal Bond Funds | 481.1 | 475.3R | 1.2 | 457.1 |
| Taxable Money Market Funds | 2,504.3 | 2,619.0R | -4.4 | 2,918.8 |
| Tax-Free Money Market Funds | 353.8 | 365.0 | -3.1 | 397.4 |
| Total | 11,224.4 | 11,203.3R | 0.2 | 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 $45.74 billion in April, vs. an inflow of $53.28 billion
in March.Stock funds posted an inflow of $13.90 billion in April, compared with an inflow of $11.49 billion in March. Among stock funds, world equity funds (U.S. funds that invest primarily overseas) posted an inflow of $8.64 billion in April, vs. an inflow of $8.35 billion in March. Funds that invest primarily in the U.S. had an inflow of $5.26 billion in April, vs. an inflow of $3.14 billion in March.
Hybrid funds posted an inflow of $4.13 billion in April, compared with an inflow of $4.61 billion in March.
Bond funds had an inflow of $27.72 billion in April, compared with an inflow of $37.18 billion in March. Taxable bond funds had an inflow of $26.69 billion in April, vs. an inflow of $33.22 billion in March. Municipal bond funds had an inflow of $1.03 billion in April, compared with an inflow of $3.96 billion in March.
Money market funds had an outflow of $126.47 billion in April, compared with an outflow of $155.79 billion in March. Funds offered primarily to institutions had an outflow of $93.50 billion. Funds offered primarily to individuals had an outflow of $32.97 billion.