Investors pumped $22.5 billion into US bond funds in a single week — the highest amount since 2007
US bond markets touched a record investment level of $22.5 billion over one week, the Financial Times said on Friday.Bond markets seem to be attracting investors despite carrying higher risk compared to the safe haven money markets that saw outflows of $36 billion in the same week.The US bond fund market saw inflows of a record $22.
In the same week, investors pumped $5.5 billion into investment grade corporate funds — or bonds that carry a relatively low credit risk — and $7.5 billion into funds that buy investment grade bonds and government debt. Junk bond funds, which are high-risk and high-return, saw inflows of $8.5 billion, the newspaper reported.
The massive influx into bond funds can be explained by money market funds losing $36 billion in the same week, the FT said, citing data by the Investment Company Institute.Outflows from money markets were largely from those funds that invest only in government debt, the FT said, and $7 billion flowed into funds invested in short-dated corporate debt. as investors risk losing money simply by investing in them.in mid-May.
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