TrimTabs Estimates All Equity Mutual Funds Redeemed $8.8 Billion in Week Ended Wednesday, March 11th

Sausalito, CA - March 12, 2009 - TrimTabs Investment Research estimates that all equity mutual funds redeemed $8.8 billion in the week ended Wednesday, March 11, versus a revised outflow of $19.7 billion in the previous week.

Equity funds that invest primarily in U.S. stocks posted an outflow of $3.1 billion, versus a revised outflow of $13.3 billion in the previous week. Equity funds that invest primarily in non-U.S. stocks had an outflow of $5.7 billion, versus a revised outflow of $6.4 billion in the previous week. In addition, bond funds had an outflow of $1.5 billion, versus a revised inflow of $1.6 billion in the previous week, and hybrid funds had no net flows this week, versus a revised outflow of $3.0 billion in the previous week.

Separately, TrimTabs reports that exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that invest in U.S. stocks posted an inflow of $132 million, versus an inflow of $592 million in the previous week. ETFs that invest in non-U.S. stocks had an outflow of $450 million, versus an outflow of $1.2 billion in the previous week.