| Investors in U.S.-based funds pulled $597 million out of funds that specialize in commodities and precious metals in the week ended May 20, data from Thomson Reuters' Lipper service showed on Thursday. The outflows were the biggest since December 2013. Stock funds posted $1.7 billion in outflows over the latest week after attracting $3.7 billion in inflows the prior week.
U.S.-based non-domestic-focused stock funds attracted $3.3 billion of inflows, their 15th straight week of net new cash. "I'm speculating here but possibly stronger economic news caused investors to pull money out of commodities and into stocks," said Patrick Keon, research analyst at Lipper...............................................Full Article: Source
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