Equity mutual funds posted inflows of $6.5 billion as of Jan. 29, according to TrimTabs Investment Research. This is following a previous week in which equity mutual funds saw an outflow of $138 million.
Equity funds that invest primarily in U.S. stocks posted an inflow of $5.1 billion, versus an inflow of $1 billion in the previous week. Equity funds that invest primarily in non-U.S. stocks had an inflow of $1.4 billion, versus an outflow of $1.2 billion in the previous week. In addition, bond funds had an inflow of $1.5 billion, versus an outflow of $4.5 billion in the previous week, and hybrid funds had an inflow of $459 million, versus an outflow of $1.4 billion in the previous week.