Wall Street Journal (December 8)
2019/ 12/ 10 by jd in Global News
“The S&P 500 is having its best run in six years, but individual investors are fleeing stock funds at the fastest pace in decades…. Investors have pulled $135.5 billion from U.S. stock-focused mutual funds and exchange-traded funds so far this year, the biggest withdrawals on record.” And, surprisingly, this may be a good sign for the stock market. The outflows show “investors aren’t chasing the stock market’s strong performance…. This suggests major indexes like the S&P 500 still have plenty of room to run after a decadelong rally.”
Tags: ETFs, Fleeing, Investors, Mutual funds, Outflows, Stock funds, U.S., Withdrawals
