EPFR Global

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  Bonds: Partying Like It’s 1999?

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  May 14, 2012

  Taxable bonds gathered $17 billion of inflows in April, says Morningstar, as JPMorgan continues its fund-flow momentum.

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  Investors Pulled Record Amount From Stock Funds in April as Market Surged in Q1

  By John Sullivan, Advisorone  |  April 30, 2012

  Discrepancy between S&P performance and stock fund flows continue.

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  Bonds Still Going Strong; Equity Flows Bounce Back

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  March 20, 2012

  Bond inflows just set a weekly record at close to $7.6 billion, despite signs that some fixed-income returns are faltering, EPFR Global said Monday.

• Markets, Funds Come Back

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  January 1, 2010

  Flows into emerging-market equity and the riskier bond fund groups have been losing momentum in early December, according to EPFR Global of Boston. At the...

• Strong Q2'09 For Emerging Markets, Bond Funds

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  August 1, 2009

  During the second quarter, $137.5 billion flowed out of money-market funds and about $7.6 billion left U.S., Europe and Japan equity funds, as the combined...

• Commodities Shine in Early '09

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  May 1, 2009

  Silver, copper and lead funds rose as much as 39 percent in the period. And the Tocqueville Gold Fund (TGLDX) moved up 19 percent. The...

• Some Sector Funds Are 'Oversold,' Japan Funds Remain Attractive

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  September 1, 2008

  The number of major fund groups posting inflows fell to five in the week ending July 16, reports EPFR Global of Boston. "Against a backdrop...

• U.S. Equities Get a Thumbs-Down, as Money Market and Overseas Funds Get Thumbs-Up

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  August 1, 2008

  The first half of 2008 has hit the world's developed markets (United States, Japan and Western Europe) hard, with more than $100 billion in outflows,...

• Funds Weaken with Markets; Bonds Gain Inflows in '08

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  May 1, 2008

  It's been a tough three months for mutual funds. "Wild market swings throughout first quarter 2008 played on investors' psyches, and as a result, equity mutual...

• Emerging Markets Dominated Inflows in 4Q07

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  February 1, 2008

  "The broadest, most distinct theme of 2007 has been the record strong inflows into global and emerging-market equity funds," says Brad Durham, managing director of...