Reuters published, "Investors rush to money market funds before Fed rate cut, BofA says," which tells us, "Investors poured $37 billion into cash-like money market funds (MMFs) in the week to Wednesday, Bank of America said on Friday, as they braced for the U.S. Federal Reserve to cut interest rates in September. It put MMFs on track for their biggest three-week cumulative inflow since January at $145 billion, BofA said, citing figures from financial data provider EPFR." Reuters states, "Many fund managers hope rate cuts will lower the returns on MMFs and cause a rush of cash into stocks and bonds. Yet big investors typically flock to money market funds before the Fed cuts rates, as the range of short-term fixed income securities in the funds means they tend to offer higher returns for longer than short-term Treasury bills." They quote BofA strategist Jared Woodard, "Rate cuts not a likely spark for equity buying from the $6.2 trillion money market fund (sector)."

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