Long-term mutual funds received $29.3 billion in March to end the quarter with inflows of $106.3 billion, but U.S. stock funds experienced net outflows for the eleventh consecutive month, according to Morningstar, Inc.
Domestic stock funds lost $8.3 billion in March, while taxable-bond funds topped all asset classes for the seventh month in a row, with March inflows of $24.9 billion. For the quarter, taxable-bond funds saw inflows of $78.5 billion.
Additional highlights from Morningstar’s report on mutual fund flows:
- Actively managed U.S. large-cap stock funds saw their eleventh straight quarter of net outflows, with $20.9 billion heading to the exits.
- Intermediate-term and high-yield bond funds saw the greatest inflows in March and in the first quarter among fixed-income funds. Since January 2009, these two categories have absorbed new assets of $314.4 billion.
- Emerging-markets bond fund flows reached $6.1 billion in the first quarter, by far the largest quarterly intake for these offerings. Assets in the category have risen to $55.5 billion today from $35.9 billion a year ago.
- DoubleLine Total Return saw first-quarter and one-year inflows of $6.4 billion and $15.4 billion, respectively, leading all U.S. open-end funds over both periods.
To view the complete report, please visit http://www.global.morningstar.com/marchflows12. For more information about Morningstar Asset Flows, please visit http://global.morningstar.com/assetflows.
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