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title: US Mutual Funds And ETFs Had Record Monthly Inflows
description: U.S. equities took in a record $38bn in February, almost recouping January's outflows.
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# [US Mutual Funds And ETFs Had Record Monthly Inflows](https://articles.marketsmedia.com/us-mutual-funds-and-etfs-had-record-monthly-inflows)

 Written by [Shanny Basar](https://articles.marketsmedia.com/author/shanny-basar) | Mar 19, 2021 11:56:50 AM

Morningstar, a leading provider of independent investment research, reported estimated U.S. mutual fund and exchange-traded fund (ETF) flows for February 2021. For the month of February, long-term mutual funds and ETFs collected a record $144 billion. ETFs collected approximately $92 billion, driven by a move into equity funds, while open-end funds took in $53 billion, led by flows into fixed-income strategies.

Morningstar's report about U.S. fund flows for February 2021 is available [here](https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=3100216-1&h=3222976546&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.morningstar.com%2Flp%2Ffund-flows-direct%3Futm_source%3Dcorp_comm%26utm_medium%3Dreferral&a=here). Additional highlights from the report include:

- Interest rate- and commodity-sensitive categories, such as financial and natural resource equity funds and inflation-protected bond funds, saw sharp organic growth. For example, natural resource funds, which tend to focus on materials stocks, took in nearly $2.5 billion, the highest monthly inflow in the past decade. Inflation-protected bond funds collected nearly $7 billion in February, a record for the category.
- Among U.S. category groups, U.S. equities took in a record $38 billion in February, almost recouping January's outflows. Large-blend funds took in the most assets of any category at $22 billion.
- Sector equity funds attracted a record monthly inflow of $25 billion. Technology-themed funds led the way, gathering over $7 billion. Technology funds' month-over-month organic growth rate of 2.5% was the highest since November 2015.
- Taxable bonds had another strong month in February, taking in approximately $57 billion for the month, bringing their total over the trailing 12 months to $493 billion, the most by far of any category group.
- Among fund families, Vanguard had approximately $37 billion of inflows, of which $34 billion went to passive strategies, while iShares followed with inflows of $16 billion. American Funds, an active manager, took in nearly $3 billion, with $1.6 billion entering American Funds Bond Fund of America.

Source: Morningstar

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