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equity market inflow meaning
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suppose i purchase $10,000 worth of a particular share today. if the person(s) i am purchasing the shares from paid $9,000 for those shares, then i replacing their $9,000 investment with my $10,000 investment.  this is a net inflow of $1,000 into the market. similarly, if the person(s) i am purchasing the shares from paid $11,000 for those shares, then their $11,000 investment is being replace by my $10,000 investment.  this is a net outflow of $1,000 out of the market. the aggregate of all such inflows and outflows in the net inflow/outflow into the market over a given period of time.  (here we are ignoring the effects of new share issues.)
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