if investors keep pouring money into equity funds at their current pace it could add a “breathtaking” 16 trillion to stocks this year bank of america corp strategists say despite the market volatility spurred by rising bond yields and inflation bets equity funds attracted a record 683 billion in the week through march 17 according to a bofa note on thursday on an annualized basis additions will amount to the whopping trilliondollar figure smashing the previous record of 300 billion reached in 2017 strategists led by michael hartnett forecast