Monthly net new cash flow by US investors into various mutual fund investment classes (equities, bonds etc). Statistics come from the Investment Company Institute (ICI). ## Data The earliest data comes from 2007 up until today. Data comes from the data provided on the [ICI Statistics pages][ici], in particular: * Summary: Estimated Long-Term Mutual Fund Flows Data (xls) [ici]: http://www.ici.org/research/stats Notes for Long-Term Mutual Fund Flows Data: * All figures are (nominal) millions of US dollars (USD) * Weekly cash flows are estimates based on reporting covering 98 percent of industry assets, while monthly flows are actual numbers as reported in ICI's "Trends in Mutual Fund Investing." ## Preparation Run the python script: Install the requirements ``` pip install -r scripts/requirements.txt ``` Now run the script ``` python scripts/process.py ``` ## Automation Up-to-date (auto-updates every month) investor-flow-of-funds dataset could be found on the datahub.io: https://datahub.io/core/investor-flow-of-funds-us ## License This Data Package is licensed by its maintainers under the [Public Domain Dedication and License (PDDL)](http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/pddl/1.0/).