Monetary Trends

Weekly Money Market Fund Assets

Investment Company Institute, www.ici.org

Total money market mutual fund assets decreased by $13.11 billion to $2.652 trillion for the week ended Wednesday, February 29.

Weekly Flows of Long-Term Funds

Total estimated inflows to long-term mutual funds were $10.79 billion for the week ended Wednesday, February 22.

Monthly Trends in Mutual Fund Investing

The combined assets of the nation’s mutual funds increased by $440.8 billion, or 3.8 percent, to $12.062 trillion in January.

Monthly Exchange-Traded Fund Assets

The combined assets of the nation’s exchange-traded funds (ETFs) were $1.134 trillion in January.

Monthly Unit Investment Trusts Data

Unit investment trusts, investment companies that hold fixed portfolios of selected stocks or bonds, had total deposits of $3.80 billion in January.

Quarterly Closed-End Fund Assets

The combined assets of the nation’s closed-end funds were $236.65 billion at the end of August.

Quarterly Worldwide Mutual Fund Assets and Flows

Mutual fund assets worldwide decreased 10.8 percent to $23.13 trillion at the end of the third quarter of 2011.

The U.S. Retirement Market Third Quarter 2011

Total U.S. retirement assets were $17.0 trillion as of September 30, 2011, down 7.5 percent from the record high of $18.4 trillion in assets recorded as of June 30, 2011.

Investment Company Institute http://www.ici.org/