Earlier this week, Bank of America released the results of a survey showing that investors began to put money into stocks, bonds, and commodities again.
The data from the EPFR showed that equity inflows topped $14.6 billion, the highest level in six weeks. The bond funds attracted $2.9 billion while cash flows in commodity funds reached $0.3 billion.
At the same time, the inflows in commodity funds have been continuing for 6 sequential weeks, which is the longest period in 8 months.
The ETFs account for the main part of direct equity investments.
Meanwhile, outflows from government and treasury bond funds topped $1.8 billion, the highest in 17 weeks.
The experts say that investors want to put their money in high-yield bonds that is why they invest in high-risk debt securities. For example, over the past 8 months, the inflows in such bond funds hit a record level in weeks and came in at $3.9 billion.
Notably, a similar situation develops on the emerging markets in Europe. The inflows in European funds increased by $3.2 billion, while the emerging markets revealed a $1.3 billion growth and the USA reported an increase of $7.8 billion.
