Thursday, March 19, 2015

Households still piling into stocks

The Q4 2014 flow of funds data is available from FRED and it shows that households are still moving from bonds into stocks at record pace:

Flow of funds: Households rotating from bonds into stocks

Historically, households have been dumb money: For example, households sold stocks at 2009 bear market bottom and bought bonds. This time may not be any different. If economy continues to decelerate, bonds will outperform stocks. 


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