Thursday, July 14, 2011

Mutual Fund Flow Summary


Washington, DC, July 13, 2011 - Total estimated inflows to long-term mutual funds were $3.14 billion for the week ended Wednesday, July 6, the Investment Company Institute reported today. Flow estimates are derived from data collected covering more than 95 percent of industry assets and are adjusted to represent industry totals.

Estimated Flows to Long-Term Mutual Funds
Millions of dollars

6/8/2011
  6/15/2011
  6/22/2011
  6/29/2011
  7/6/2011
Total Equity
-5,755
-7,332
-3,993
-2,299
-3,841

Domestic
-5,464
-6,869
-4,247
-3,050
-4,471

Foreign
-291
-464
255
751
630
Hybrid
173
342
748
560
572
Total Bond
5,533
2,486
1,871
2,283
6,411

Taxable
5,234
2,410
1,469
2,113
6,173

Municipal
298
75
402
170
238
Total

-49
-4,505
-1,374
544
3,143

Equity funds had estimated outflows of $3.84 billion for the week, compared to estimated outflows of $2.30 billion in the previous week. Domestic equity funds had estimated outflows of $4.47 billion, while estimated inflows to foreign equity funds were $630 million.
Hybrid funds, which can invest in stocks and fixed income securities, had estimated inflows of $572 million for the week, compared to estimated inflows of $560 million in the previous week.
Bond funds had estimated inflows of $6.41 billion, compared to estimated inflows of $2.28 billion during the previous week. Taxable bond funds saw estimated inflows of $6.17 billion, while municipal bond funds had estimated inflows of $238 million.