Massive Inflows into Global Bond Funds

Europe Bond Funds see record inflows

At the end of May, Barron’s reported that according to EPFR the Boston-based fund monitor, the collective performance of EPFR Global-tracked Bond Funds is running at around a quarter of the number turned in by Equity Funds. However, it seems investors are gradually trying to correct this imbalance. For the weekly period ending May 24, investors poured $7.7 billion into bond funds taking the year-to-date total for all bond and balanced funds to $250 billion.

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