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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 | Updated Dec 10, 2008 | Views: 56 | 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 | Submitted Nov 6, 2008 | Views: 144 | Comments: 0 
Tags: retirement, investing, personal finance, mutual funds, money market funds, stable value funds

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Rates on Money Market Funds Spike
Submitted by BankMan  (bestcashcow.com)

The rate on money market funds, not money market accounts, have spiked over the last couple of days due to the credit crisis.

Article | Updated Sep 25, 2008 | Views: 156 | Comments: 0
Tags: money market funds

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Treasury Scales Back Money Market Fund Protection
Submitted by JRodgers  (www.bloomberg.com)

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...

Article | Submitted Sep 23, 2008 | Views: 320 | Comments: 0 
Tags: treasury, money market funds

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Brokered CDs Can Have a Downside
Submitted by JRodgers  (www.bestcashcow.com)

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 -...

Article | Submitted Sep 19, 2008 | Views: 145 | Comments: 0 
Tags: money market funds, brokered cds

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Treasury to Guarantee Money Market Funds
Submitted by JRodgers  (bestcashcow.com)

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...

Article | Updated Sep 19, 2008 | Views: 175 | Comments: 0
Tags: bernanke, paulson, money market funds, us treasury

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Putnam closes money market fund; Columbia, Dreyfus act to save $1 a share net asset value
Submitted by Sam Cass  (bestcashcow.com)

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...

Article | Updated Sep 18, 2008 | Views: 676 | Comments: 0
Tags: money market funds, safe cash investments

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Fannie and Freddie Problems Could Impact Money Market Funds
Submitted by Sam Cass  (bestcashcow.com)

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...

Article | Updated Jul 21, 2008 | Views: 141 | Comments: 0
Tags: money market funds

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Are all US Government Money Market Funds Created Equal?
Submitted by JRodgers  (bestcashcow.com)

Here is why they are not.

Article | Updated Jun 2, 2008 | Views: 175 | Comments: 1
Tags: money market funds

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Are Financial Reporters Getting the Facts Correct?
Submitted by Sam Cass  (bestcashcow.com)

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.

Article | Updated Dec 28, 2007 | Views: 241 | Comments: 0
Tags: money markets, money market funds

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What Is a Money Market Fund
Submitted by Sam Cass  (www.ici.org)

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...

Article | Submitted Dec 28, 2007 | Views: 269 | Comments: 0 
Tags: money markets, money market funds, money market

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Are Your Money Market Funds Safe?
Submitted by Sam Cass  (bestcashcow.com)

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...

Article | Updated Dec 21, 2007 | Views: 1462 | Comments: 14
Tags: money market funds, sivs



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