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Money Funds Returning Close to 0% - Consider a Savings Account
Submitted by Sam Cass  (bestcashcow.com)

Here's a Wall Street Journal Article that's stating the obvious. Money market funds, not money market accounts are returning close to 0%. With inflation, or deflation, the returns are a bit better...

Article | Oct 5, 2009 | Views: 156 | Comments: 0
Tags: money market funds, money funds, vs savings

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U.S. money market fund guarantee, R.I.P.
Submitted by ktexas  (latimesblogs.latimes.com)

Money market mutual fund accounts no longer have the backing of the U.S. Treasury. Uncle Sam is betting that fund investors won’t care -- or won’t notice. The Treasury is allowing its...

Article | Sep 20, 2009 | Views: 115 | Comments: 0 
Tags: money, cash, liquidity, money market funds, financial crisis, deposit insurance

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Government's Trial and Error Helped Stem Financial Panic
Submitted by ktexas  (online.wsj.com)

With a modicum of hindsight now available, do governments and central banks deserve credit for preventing catastrophe? The early verdict from most scholars, executives and government insiders is...

Article | Sep 15, 2009 | Views: 95 | Comments: 0 
Tags: interest rates, federal reserve, banks, recession, treasury, money market funds, great depression, financial crisis, fiscal policy, monetary policy

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SEC Proposes Rules to Prevent Losses with Money Market Funds
Submitted by Sam Cass  (bestcashcow.com)

The Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed a series of rulings that it says will reduce the change of losses for money market fund investors. The problem is that these rulings will also...

Article | Jun 24, 2009 | Views: 60 | Comments: 0
Tags: money market funds, money funds, secruties exchange commission

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Money funds' stable $1-a-share pricing facing U.S. review
Submitted by ktexas  (latimesblogs.latimes.com)

Money market mutual funds could eventually be forced to float their share prices rather than maintain the constant $1-a-share value that has made the industry a popular haven for investors’ cash....

Article | Jun 18, 2009 | Views: 59 | Comments: 0 
Tags: investing, cash, mutual funds, risk, money market funds, regulation reform

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When Safe Places No Longer Feel So Safe
Submitted by ktexas  (online.wsj.com)

For risk-averse 401(k) participants, the usual havens of money-market, stable-value and short-term bond funds pose new risks. The article starts off with a little bit of scaremongering, but...

Article | May 15, 2009 | Views: 58 | Comments: 0 
Tags: retirement, investing, risk, money market funds, stable value funds, bond funds, short term bond funds, safe investments

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Reserve Primary Money Market Fund Keeps Investors Waiting
Submitted by ktexas  (www.marketwatch.com)

On Tuesday, Reserve Management Co. said it will pay back another $2 billion of the fund's assets. But after that payout, there will still be $4.8 billion of investor money sitting in the defunct...

Article | Apr 17, 2009 | Views: 167 | Comments: 0 
Tags: investing, funds, risk, money market funds, reserve fund, reserve primary fund, liquid accounts

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Safety of Stable Value Funds?
Submitted by ktexas  (online.wsj.com)

An unnerving new crack emerged in the $520 billion stable-value fund market as an offering for workers at Chrysler LLC dropped 11%, highlighting strains in yet another supposedly safe investment.

Article | Apr 4, 2009 | Views: 78 | Comments: 0 
Tags: retirement, investing, mutual funds, money market funds, stable value funds, safe investments

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Not as Good as Cash - Risks of Ultra-Short-Term Bond Funds
Submitted by ktexas  (www.kiplinger.com)

Ultra-short-term bond funds are supposed to be low-risk, but their recent losses suggest otherwise. From the middle of 2007 through the end of 2008, many of these funds lost more than 20%. As you...

Article | Mar 24, 2009 | Views: 85 | Comments: 0 
Tags: bonds, investing, cash, bear market, mutual funds, saving, money market funds, bond funds, short term bond funds

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Rough times for money market mutual funds
Submitted by ktexas  (www.bankrate.com)

Money market mutual fund yields are dropping hard, and that's causing a number of firms to waive some fees and close funds to new investors. Breaking the buck is always the big headline, but that's...

Article | Feb 6, 2009 | Views: 107 | Comments: 0 
Tags: investing, cash, mutual funds, saving, money market funds

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JP Morgan Chase's Staley Says Money Funds Biggest Systemic Risk
Submitted by Sam Cass  (bestcashcow.com)

Head of JP Morgan Chase's investment unit, James Staley, says that money market funds are the biggest risk to the financial system now. With over $4 trillion parked in money markets, they are...

Article | Feb 2, 2009 | Views: 565 | Comments: 0
Tags: money market funds, james staley, group thirty

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Money Market Fund Yields May Fall to Less Than 0%
Submitted by Sam Cass  (bestcashcow.com)

Money market funds invested in Treasuries will provide a negative return to investors if the Fed cuts rates next week, as its widely expected to do. This will be the first time this has ever...

Article | Dec 10, 2008 | Views: 213 | Comments: 0
Tags: money market funds, money markets below

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Should I Invest In My 401(k)'s Stable Value Fund?
Submitted by ktexas  (www.mymoneyblog.com)

With the problems this year in money market funds and auction-rate securities, I've had my worries about stable value funds which is the only "safe" choice in my 401(k). The article does a good job...

Article | Nov 6, 2008 | Views: 370 | Comments: 0 
Tags: retirement, investing, personal finance, mutual funds, money market funds, stable value funds



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