Inflows: Stock Etfs and Fund Flows

inflows: Others have argued that a sharp surge in flows into equity exchange-traded funds may offer at least a near-term warning, raising questions about who is left to buy, according to Market Watch. Trim Tabs last week said that U.S. stock ETFs saw 97.6 billion in inflows between Nov. 8 and Dec. 15 around 150% of the 61.5 billion that flowed into the category over all of 2015. But a longer look back at fund flows shows that investors might still have plenty of room for further buying, say analysts at Jefferies. See Stampede' into stock ETFs may signal losses ahead But pointing to the chart below, the Jefferies analysts note that while there were big inflows into equities in November, there have only been just over 140 billion in inflows into active and passive equity funds since the March 2009 lows versus the 1.5 trillion in inflows into bond funds over the same period. And analysts generally contend that flows follow performance, not the other way round. Caption outside of wrapper for normal article images Of course, just because there's room for more inflows doesn't mean they'll emerge. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.