Monthly net new cash flow by US investors into various mutual fund investment classes (equities, bonds etc). Statistics come from the Investment Company Institute (ICI).

Data

Data comes from the data provided on the ICI Statistics pages, in particular:

• Summary: Estimated Long-Term Mutual Fund Flows Data (xls)

Notes for Long-Term Mutual Fund Flows Data:

• All figures are (nominal) millions of US dollars (USD)
• Weekly cash flows are estimates based on reporting covering 98 percent of industry assets, while monthly flows are actual numbers as reported in ICI's "Trends in Mutual Fund Investing."

Preparation

Run the python script:

Install the requirements

pip install -r scripts/requirements.txt

Now run the script

python scripts/process.py