Industry inflows rose by 137 percent last week, in the second week of the Iran war, according to the latest data from the folks at a mutual fund industry trade group. Net flows for stock and commodity funds improved, even as flows worsened elsewhere.

Today, the Investment Company Institute (ICI) team reports that an estimated $16.946 billion net flowed into ETFs and long-term, open-end mutual funds in the week ended March 11, 2026*. That's up by $9.782 billion week-over-week from the week ended on March 4** and extends the industry's inflows streak up to nine weeks in a row.

Traditional, long-term, open-end mutual funds suffered an estimated $5.812 billion in net outflows in the week ended March 11, down by $11.314 billion W/W. Meanwhile, ETFs brought in an estimated $22.758 billion in net inflows last week, down by $1.532 billion W/W.

Bond funds fell again but still led the way for an eighth week running. Per ICI's data, fixed income funds and ETFs brought in an estimated $15.623 billion in net inflows for the week ended March 11 (down by $3.825 billion W/W). $13.939 billion of that (down by $3.393 billion W/W) flowed into taxable bond funds and ETFs, while $1.685 billion (down by $431 million W/W) flowed into municipal bond funds and muni ETFs.

Flows into equity funds and ETFs rebounded to positive territory, as $5.437 billion flowed in for the week ended March 11 (up by $14.389 billion W/W). Domestic equity funds and ETFs suffered an estimated $1.338 billion in net outflows last week (down by $10.127 billion W/W), while world equity ETFs and funds brought in $6.776 billion in net inflows (up by $4.264 billion W/W).

On the flip side, the ICI team reports that commodity funds (well, ETFs) suffered an estimated $1.628 in net outflows for the week ended March 11. That's down by $963 million W/W.

Hybrid funds and ETFs suffered an estimated $2.487 billion in net outflows for the week ended March 11. That's up by $1.747 billion W/W.

*Money-market funds and funds of funds, as well as non-'40 Act asset management products like collective trusts and separate accounts, are not included.

**Editor's Note: The ICI folks note that they also regularly revise the past weeks' flows data, "because of adjustments, reclassifications, and changes in the number of funds reporting." Thus, the week-to-week flows changes may not quite line up perfectly with the numbers in MFWire's coverage of prior weeks' flows. 

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