Mutual funds, ETFs attract $55B in May

Mutual fund and ETF investors invested more than $55 billion in stock and bond funds last month, marking the second straight month of $50 billion plus in net inflows to long-term funds,
JUN 15, 2009
Mutual fund and exchange traded fund investors invested more than $55 billion in stock and bond funds last month, marking the second straight month of $50 billion plus in net inflows to long-term funds, according to estimates released today by Strategic Insight Mutual Fund Research and Consulting LLC of New York. Investors put $25 billion into stock funds, $11 billion of which went into ETFs. Bond funds saw inflows totaling $30 billion, $3 billion of which went into ETFs.

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