FYI: .Stocks had their best August in four years this year, but investors on net pulled money from equity-based funds, according to Morningstar.
.Bond funds took in $19 billion for the month against $1.4 billion in outflows for stocks.
.A Morningstar analyst said investors are not chasing returns and instead bracing against risk.
Risk-averse investors keep pouring money into bonds even though it means they've missed out on a big stock rally and face substantial danger ahead.
The market just saw its best August in four years, but again witnessed a large disparity in where money found a home, with the bulk again going to fixed income. That trend continued even though many on Wall Street worry that inflation and rising interest rates will cut into returns.
Indeed, domestic stocks have easily outperformed bond funds this year, but that hasn't been reflected in cash deployment.
Investors poured just over $19 billion into bond funds for August, compared with a net withdrawal of $1.4 billion for U.S. stock-focused funds, according to data this week from Morningstar
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Ted
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