Investors pumped $1.8 billion into the SPDR S&P 500 ETF on August 25 as stocks fell ahead of a widely anticipated speech on Friday by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, Index Universe reports. In all, U.S.-listed ETFs saw inflows of $3.16 billion but assets fell to almost $1.006 trillion. Moving higher in anticipation of a new round of quantitative easing at the Fed’s annual retreat in Jackson Hole, the market dropped amid doubts. Even Warren Buffett’s plan to invest $5 billion into Bank of America failed to revive equities, though the Financial Select SPDR ETF did pick up assets worth $315.7 million.

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