经过 07-08的洗礼，很多小散已经是惊弓之鸟了！墙街忽悠的难度大增啊。。。
Investors in mutual funds investing in U.S. and foreign stocks ramped up
their withdrawals by 39% to an estimated $12.98 billion in the week through
Aug. 3, according to the Investment Company Institute.
Increasing concerns about weak domestic growth, U.S. debt levels and the
euro-zone debt crisis continued to drive investors to the sidelines. Over
all, long-term mutual funds, a group excluding money-market funds, had
outflows of $16.94 billion in the week ended August 3.
For the week, equity funds had outflows of $12.98 billion, compared with
outflows of $9.32 billion the prior week. Investors withdrew $10.44 billion
from U.S. equity funds and pulled $2.55 billion from foreign stock funds.
The withdrawals marked the 15th consecutive week of estimated outflows from
stock funds; according to ICI estimates, equity funds haven't seen a weekly
net positive flow since April.
To Dylan Cathers, mutual fund analyst at Standard & Poor's, the increase in
withdrawals makes sense, and he foresees even bigger amounts taken out of
equities in the next week.
"The last time we had a sharp stock-market decline was not that long ago,
and that's part of the anxiety," said Cathers, referring to the market
declines in 2008 and early 2009. Investors, he said, remain uncertain about
where to put their money. "Stuffing it in mattresses can be better than
losing it in the stock market" is how some investors see it, he said.
Meanwhile, the ICI reported bond funds had sharply higher outflows of $2.86
billion, compared with week-earlier outflows of $223 million. Investors
removed $2.2 billion from taxable funds, while outflows from municipal funds
totaled $661 million.
Investors also pulled $1.09 billion from hybrid funds after prior-week
outflows of $73 million. Such funds can invest in both stocks and fixed-
income assets.
