By Sam Forgione NEW YORK, Dec 31 (Reuters) – Investors in U.S.-based mutual funds pulled $3 billion out of bond funds in the five-day period from Dec. 18-22 on profit-taking after stronger-than-expected returns from bonds in 2014, data from the Investment Company Institute showed on Wednesday. Stock funds also posted outflows, at $2.4 billion, marking the third straight weekly period in which investors simultaneously withdrew money from stock and bond funds, according to the data from I


Source: Financials