Morningstar Reports U.S. Mutual Fund and Exchange-Traded Fund Flows for November 2019

CHICAGO, Dec. 16, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Morningstar, Inc. (Nasdaq: MORN), a leading provider of independent investment research, today reported estimated U.S. mutual fund and exchange-traded fund (ETF) flows for November 2019. Overall, U.S. equity funds totaled $2.9 billion in outflows, which was modest compared to October's $14.5 billion in outflows. Morningstar estimates net flow for mutual funds by computing the change in assets not explained by the performance of the fund, and net flow for U.S. ETFs using changes in shares outstanding.

Morningstar's report about U.S. fund flows for November is available here. Highlights from the report include:

• In November, long-term funds had $55.1 billion of inflows, their strongest month since January 2018. Money-market inflows declined month-over-month to $39.9 billion from $75.7 billion as Fed rate cuts may have dented demand. However, with $483.5 billion in year-to-date inflows, this remains by far the best year for money-market inflows since the financial crisis.
• Among U.S. category groups, taxable-bond and municipal-bond funds led the way in November with $37.1 billion and $10.1 billion of inflows, respectively. Both had their strongest inflows for the year to date, partly in response to lower money-market yields and short-term bond funds.
• International-equity funds rebounded significantly in November with $10.5 billion in inflows, the group's strongest month since January. Foreign large-blend funds led the way with $5.9 billion in inflows, followed by $2.5 billion for diversified emerging-markets funds, that group's best showing since collecting $2.5 billion in April.
• Among U.S. fund families, iShares led in November with $17.3 billion in inflows, followed by Vanguard's $15.6 billion. Dimensional Fund Advisors had outflows of $2.2 billion as it endures a challenging year. The firm's flows have trended down since peaking at $4.3 billion of inflows in January.
• SPDR S&P 500 ETF, which holds a Morningstar Analyst Rating™ of Gold, led all funds with $6.6 billion in inflows, while Gold-rated Vanguard Total Stock Market Index saw the most outflows in November with approximately $2.9 billion.

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