Morningstar Reports U.S. Mutual Fund and ETF Fund Flows for April 2020

CHICAGO, May 18, 2020 /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 April 2020. Overall, long-term mutual funds and ETFs gathered $17 billion for the month, while money market funds followed a record March with $388 billion in inflows. 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 by dividing reported net assets by shares outstanding.

Morningstar's report about U.S. fund flows for April 2020 is available here. Highlights from the report include:

• Taxable-bond funds collected $37 billion in April, rebounding from record redemptions in March. Those funds' assets grew at a monthly rate similar to those posted during the strong run of inflows in 2019 and early 2020. High-yield bond funds took in $19 billion—a 7% organic growth rate.
• In April, international equity vehicles saw record long-term outflows of $20 billion, though their negative 0.8% organic growth rate was relatively minor. U.S. equity funds saw moderate outflows of $18 billion, with $14 billion coming out of passively managed funds. Sector equity funds saw inflows of $16 billion, with healthcare-equity funds gathering nearly $8 billion in net inflows. 
• Commodity-focused funds collected a sizable $12 billion in April, as some investors sought safe havens in gold or reconsidered the beaten-down oil industry. SPDR Gold Shares raked in $5 billion, while the United States Oil fund, which drew attention in mid-April as traders paid to have oil futures contracts taken off their hands, brought in nearly $3 billion.
• Among all fund families, SPDR State Street Global Advisors had the largest total inflows in April with $16 billion, followed by the BlackRock/iShares family, which saw inflows of more than $12 billion in total. BlackRock, in particular, posted notable gains. After seeing a record $10 billion leave in March, its $4 billion of inflows in April were the most for the firm since October 2014. Much of that entered its taxable-bond products, especially BlackRock High Yield Bond Portfolio, which holds a Morningstar Analyst Rating™ of Gold.

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