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. Why (Odd) Active Bond Managers Outperform More Often Than Active Equity Managers The pattern apparently continued in the last week…