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To: ild who wrote (54603)2/23/2006 7:32:23 PM
From: ild  Respond to of 110194
 
Excluding ETF activity, Equity funds report net cash inflows totaling $3.193 billion in the week ended February 22 with 49% ($1.559 Bil) going to funds investing in Non-domestic securities;
Excluding ETF activity, International funds report net inflows totaling $1.200 billion, as net inflows are reported by all Emerging and Developed regions;
Excluding ETFs, Real Estate funds report the third consecutive week of inflows and the largest inflows ($73 Mil) since 8/3/05;
Largest ETF inflows:
$2.0 Bil to the Select Sector SPDRs Energy;
$1.1 Bil to the SPDR Trust Series I;
$1.1 Bil to the iShares S&P 500 Index;
$806 Mil to the iShares Russell 2000 Index;
$461 Mil to the Select Sector SPDRs Financial fund;
Largest ETF outflows:
-$468 Mil from the DIAMONDS fund;
-$113 Mil from the StreetTracks KBW Bank fund;
Including ETF activity Taxable Bond funds report net cash outflows totaling -$581 million (xETFs inflows of $217 Mil) with inflows to Investment Grade Corporate Bond funds ($239 Mil) and International & Global Debt funds offset by outflows from Government Bond funds (-$1.139 Bil) and High Yield Corporate Bond funds (-$31 Mil);
Money Market funds report net inflows totaling $25.284 billion, the largest inflows to the sector since 12/7/05;
Municipal Bond funds report net cash inflows for the ninth consecutive week totaling $272 million.



To: ild who wrote (54603)2/23/2006 7:47:55 PM
From: CalculatedRisk  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 110194
 
FDIC: What the Yield Curve Does (and Doesn’t) Tell Us
fdic.gov

AN interesting article although I'm not so sanguine.

On housing, I agree with you. It will be interesting to watch the build in inventory over the next 6 months.