Stock Fund Net Flow Edges Up In Sept.; 9-Mo. Stock Flow Slows; Investors favored world stock funds, while U.S. stock funds had outflow.(MUTUAL FUNDS)(INVESTMENT TRENDS)

Publication: Investor's Business Daily

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Byline: MURRAY COLEMAN

Investors kept adding to their stock mutual funds in September as markets climbed.

Equity funds had net inflow of $7.96 billion during the month. That was up slightly from August's inflow of $6.35 billion.

Through nine months of 2005, inflow into stock funds was $98.4 billion. But that was down from the same period last year when inflow hit $139 billion, says the Investment Company Institute, the industry's biggest trade group.

"We've found that industry net inflow into equity funds so far this year has been dominated by international funds," said Randy Goldman, a Charles Schwab...

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