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U.S. bond funds see first weekly outflow in over four months -Lipper

Fund flows into U.S. equities bonds and money market funds: https://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/mkt/znpnekwlmvl/Fund%20flows%20into%20U.S.%20equities%20bonds%20and%20money%20market%20funds.jpg

The two-year U.S. Treasury yield, which typically moves in step with interest rate expectations, rose to 0.687% on Tuesday, its highest level since early March 2020.

However, Treasury yields dipped on Friday as concerns about a new COVID-19 variant drove demand for safe-haven assets.

U.S. taxable bond funds faced net selling of $1.08 billion compared with inflows of $3.97 billion in the previous week. Municipal bond funds attracted $598 million in net buying, the smallest in four weeks.

U.S. short/intermediate investment-grade funds witnessed outflows of $781 million but U.S. general domestic taxable fixed income funds and inflation protected funds received $1.83 billion and $1.15 billion in inflows respectively

Flows into U.S. bond funds: https://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/mkt/zgpomkoaxpd/Flows%20into%20U.S.%20bond%20funds.jpg

U.S. equity funds saw net selling for a second straight week worth $4.27 billion.

Investors sold large-cap equity funds of $4.4 billion, however, they purchased small- and mid-cap equity funds of $2.17 billion and $1.84 billion respectively.

U.S. growth and value funds saw outflows amounting to $2.2 billion and $872 million respectively.

Fund flows into U.S. growth and value funds: https://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/mkt/jnvwexmjovw/Fund%20flows%20into%20U.S.%20growth%20and%20value%20funds.jpg

Technology and real estate funds drew inflows of $730 million and $539 million respectively, while financials and health care, each saw more than $0.7 billion in outflows.

Flows into U.S. equity sector funds: https://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/mkt/gdvzydxkepw/Flows%20into%20U.S.%20equity%20sector%20funds.jpg

Meanwhile, U.S. money market funds pulled in $14.98 billion in net buying, the biggest inflow in four weeks.


Source: Economy - investing.com

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