jan 7 reuters  us equity funds received large inflows for a third straight week in the seven days to jan 5 although the rate of buying slowed as federal reserve minutes raised expectations interest rates would rise more quickly than previously thought refinitiv lipper data found investors purchased us equity funds of 898 billion down from the previous weeks inflow of 1855 billion the sp 500 and the dow marked a record high earlier this week and apple inc aaplo became the first company to achieve market capitalisation of 3 trillion read more the optimism was dented after minutes of the federal reserves most recent meeting raised expectations of a fasterthanexpected rise in us interest rates read more among sector funds financials real estate and healthcare attracted 119 billion 065 billion and 036 billion respectively in contrast tech funds witnessed outflows of 059 billion us value funds lured 121 billion and posted a third straight week of inflows while growth funds faced outflows of 712 million after two successive weeks of net buying us bond funds attracted 942 billion in net buying their biggest weekly inflow since sept 1 2021 investors purchased us taxable bond funds of 78 billion 65 up from the previous week while municipal bond funds saw net buying worth 113 billion the largest in four months us money market funds saw outflows of 144 billion after purchases of 346 billion in the previous week reporting by gaurav dogra and patturaja murugaboopathy in bengaluru editing by barbara lewis