And in 1990, net inflows for the entire year fell just short of $13 billion.
For the industry as a whole, however, such funds have seen net inflows since May.
In 1995, those funds got only 9 percent of the net inflows.
The result was a net inflow into the stock funds in September of $2.5 billion.
But what would happen to other states, such as those getting a net inflow of federal dollars because they're currently in trouble?
Not since February 1988 has there been a net inflow into those funds.
Bond funds have had net inflows each month since the start of last year.
The total net foreign inflow into stocks and bonds was $821.8 billion in 2004.
To cover that deficit, America must attract a net inflow of $1.3 billion in foreign money every day.
Last year saw a net inflow of $105.6 billion.