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Individual investors avoid equities

By John Schroy, on June 18th, 2006 | Leave a comment
Asset Allocation: Net Mutual Fund Sales

Federal Reserve flow of funds accounts for Q1 2006 show the degree to which equity investments have fallen out of favor with individual investors.

In the year 2000, about 80% of the money that flowed to mutual funds was directed to the equity market.

After the crash, by 2002 less than 20% of net mutual fund sales were allocated to the stock market.

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