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To: giddy guru who wrote (30745)	4/12/2012 8:12:21 AM
From: GROUND ZERO™	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 218660

That's a very excellent point... thanks for mentioning it... GZ

To: giddy guru who wrote (30745)	4/12/2012 10:03:43 AM
From: Kirk ©	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 218660

Yes, MUTUAL FUND flows are down but if you include ETFs, the flow of money into them is positive. I tally the weekly data at lipperusfundflows.com Fund Flows for Full Year - $B Equity Tax Bond MM Fund Fund Flows for 2003 => 40.8 40.7 0.0 Fund Flows for 2004 => 95.0 11.3 (64.3) Fund Flows for 2005 => 71.9 9.3 89.0 Fund Flows for 2006 => 52.5 29.9 308.3 Fund Flows for 2007 => 111.3 68.8 569.5 Fund Flows for 2008 => 3.5 (3.3) 608.0 Fund Flows for 2009 => 6.0 172.0 (280.2) Fund Flows for 2010 => 24.8 148.4 (392.3) Fund Flows for 2011 => 18.1 155.5 (140.4) Fund Flows 2012 YTD=> 22.1 63.4 (98.6) People are mostly taking money out of savings (MM Funds) to buy bond funds, a few stock funds and the rest to live on since they can't live on the interest from their savings.