Stock ETF inflows jump as fund sales sluggish

"Meanwhile, cash flooded into exchange-traded funds that invest in domestic equities, as ETFs took in $4.8 billion last week after gathering $740 million the prior week. ETFs are baskets of securities that trade on exchanges like stocks.

ETFs and mutual funds are both seeing solid demand for international stocks, taking in $1 billion and $1.5 billion last week, respectively.

Two large and established ETFs investing in U.S. stocks, the S&P 500-tracking SPDR Trust ( SPY ) and the Nasdaq-100 Trust ( QQQQ ) , were hot sellers last week, gathering $2.3 billion and $1.2 billion."

Stock ETF inflows jump as fund sales sluggish