“After taking money off the table toward the end of 2012, individual investors came back with a vengeance in January, adding a record $80.6 billion to their mutual fund holdings, according to the Investment Company Institute.
Investors added nearly $38 billion to stock funds during the month, with a little more than half of that flowing into international stocks.
Nearly $33 billion, or 41% of the total monthly inflow, went into bond funds.
That doesn’t come as much of a surprise. Investors have shown a strong attraction for bond funds since the financial crisis. While the bet has paid off so far, experts are warning that ongoing investment in bond funds could leave investors with heavy losses when interest rates begin to rise….”
