Safety-seeking investors have been putting their money into short-term low-yield Treasury ETFs due to an unstable equities market, Reuters reports. State Street’s SPDR Barclays Capital 1-3 Month T-bill ETF (BIL) witnessed inflows of more than $1 billion over the past three weeks and its SPDR Gold Shares even more, $1.5 billion. IndexUniverse.com said returns for the past 12 months from State Street's BIL fell 0.218%. In comparison, PIMCO’s Enhanced Short Maturity Strategy Fund, with 58% in corporate bonds, returned 1.21% over the same period.

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