Are equity mutual fund flows finally turning around and heading for positive territory? Murray Coleman of Barron's points to Ticonderoga Securities analyst Douglas Sipkin's take on Eaton Vance [see profile] and Franklin Templeton [see profile].

Sipkin sees room for optimism. He notes that Franklin's weekly equity outflows just dropped from $254 million to $72 million and that Eaton Vance's equity outflows dropped from $128 million to $62 million.

Yet Sipkin singles out the three-star, $16.3-billion Eaton Vance Large-Cap Value Fund for criticism, while Morningstar analyst Greg Carlson calls the fund "well-positioned." 

Edited by: Neil Anderson, Managing Editor


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