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...
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...
As this Bloomberg article demonstrates, Treasury has indicated that they are only insuring money market funds that existed at the close of business on Sept. 19 for the next year, but not future...
Like many, I spend the last couple of days buying brokered CDs. In my case, I took a lower rate that those rates listed on BestCashCow.com just to easily put my money in a protected place -...
The AP has just released the following report. If it is true, it raises one important economic question - how $50 billion in Treasury assets can cover $3 trillion in new liabilities, and is the US...
More turbulence in the money market fund world as fallout from the Lehman collapse continues. Putnam closed its $12.3 billion Putnam Prime Money Market Fund while Dryfus and Columbia (a division...
The recent problems with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac roiled the mortgage markets but they also had the potential to impact many money market funds. The government acted to prevent a bigger problem...
We all hope that the "respected" business news sources get information correct and write factually correct articles. This does not seem to be the case with the recent money market problems.
Money markets and similar investment vehicles have been in the press a lot lately as some funds have run into a bit of trouble. There has also been some confusion on what is, and what isn't a...
We often hear from our banks that money market funds are safe and that they rarely, if ever, go down. Well, these funds have been having problems and yesterday a major bank, SunTrust Financial...
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