About $1.7 billion, meanwhile, was pulled from funds in the large-cap growth category over all, according to the Financial Research Corporation.

From the beginning of 2004 through May, foreign mutual funds had $157.1 billion in net inflows, according to the Financial Research Corporation.

Assets in separately managed accounts amounted to $398.7 billion last year, according to the Financial Research Corporation.

Their assets grew 54 percent from the end of 2001 through last December, according to the Financial Research Corporation in Boston.

Pimco, known for its bond funds, was the third-most-popular choice of investors this year, according to the Financial Research Corporation.

Investors actually pulled a net $10.2 billion out of large-cap blend funds in 2005 and early 2006, according to the Financial Research Corporation.

Calamos was the 11th best-selling fund manager last year through November, according to the Financial Research Corporation.

Today, it gets just 1 out of 10, according to the Financial Research Corporation.

According to the Financial Research Corporation, which tracks fund flows, large blend funds pulled in a net $6.6 billion during that month.

The Financial Research Corporation reported that assets in separate accounts rose 29 percent last year to more than $500 billion.