Investors pulled out more money than they put into U.S. equity mutual funds for the second month in a row in June, reclaiming $8.3 billion — the most for that category in 18 months.

That’s according to data from Morningstar Inc., which also noted that international is very much in favor at the moment. Investors put enough money into international equity funds and taxable bond funds to more than offset what they’d withdrawn from U.S. equity funds.

International equity funds were by far the most popular category, said Morningstar; they gained $67.5 billion in the first six months of 2014. Meanwhile, taxable bond funds, no slouches themselves, took in $59.2 billion, compared to $21 billion in all of 2013.

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