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Total money market mutual fund assets rose by $54.01 billion to $3.472 trillion last week, the Investment Company Institute said.

[McGruff]

I like how this story delivers no point.

[bono]

big mistake , all these people will get 3% and miss the market rise when it happens and 8 to 12 % returns....stay in the market

[truth]

buy muni's -higher yields and tax free

[Biker]

I think the point is money is moving out of somewhere, like the stock market.

[Wiz]

People are putting money into money market funds as opposed to stock funds. In some cases it is money coming out of stock funds and into money market funds. This happens every time there is a down period for the stock market. Just another example of investors being their own worst enemies. Many of these dollars will flow into (or back into) stock funds after the stock market goes up for a period of time. Which simply means people are buying at higer prices. Or worse yet - selling low then buying high. People wait until "things get better" to invest in stocks....which simply means they wait until the media reports good days in the market. And then they get in....and probably stay there until the next dip in the market. It is a moronic behavior pattern but one followed by many people. It will probably never change as people are motivated by fear and sell after the down times, and greed drives them to invest after the market's upswings.

[qzone]

Wiz wrote:

People are putting money into money market funds as opposed to stock funds. In some cases it is money coming out of stock funds and into money market funds. This happens every time there is a down period for the stock market. Just another example of investors being their own worst enemies. Many of these dollars will flow into (or back into) stock funds after the stock market goes up for a period of time. Which simply means people are buying at higer prices. Or worse yet - selling low then buying high. People wait until "things get better" to invest in stocks....which simply means they wait until the media reports good days in the market. And then they get in....and probably stay there until the next dip in the market. It is a moronic behavior pattern but one followed by many people. It will probably never change as people are motivated by fear and sell after the down times, and greed drives them to invest after th
e market's upswings. I am a stupid moron BTW

No you moron. It means that lose 15% and wait till the overpriced stocks return to normal than buy it at a discount.