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By Ben Baden
After five straight months of net outflows, stock funds saw small inflows
Retail mutual fund investors may finally be changing their ways. After five straight months of outflows, stock funds saw inflows in October, according to the
ICI: Trends in Mutual Fund Investing October 2010
Recent fund flows have some experts worried that investors aren't making the right moves. For a number of reasons, including slow growth projections in the United States, investors remain skittish toward U.S. stock funds, but not foreign stock funds. From
Lipper analyst Jeff Tjournehoj told
For investors wondering what an appropriate allocation to foreign stocks should be,
The story for bond funds remains the same. Since the beginning of 2009, bond funds have seen consistent inflows. In October, investors funneled $24 billion into bond funds. But a look at weekly inflow numbers tells a different story, says Marketwatch columnist and founder of the newsletter Hulbert Financial Digest, Mark Hulbert. He cites
Vincent Deluard, executive vice president at TrimTabs, tells Hulbert that the only other time in recent memory that one asset class saw such sustained inflows was in the years leading up to the Internet bubble in the 1990s. Later in the article, Deluard says it's been 26 years since the bond market suffered a "really severe correction." He cautions that once the tide turns, it could cause a sudden panic in the bond markets.
Marketwatch: Is the tide turning?
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