The Beer and Internet Stock Story
Submitted by Oliver Reedy (bestcashcow.com)
Humorous lesson on risky and high-flying investments.
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Humorous lesson on risky and high-flying investments.
Pimco, one of the largest bond companies in the world hasn't been redeeming its preferred auction rate security holders. It's still working through the mechanism of how to get the money back....
One of the largest money market funds has frozen redemptions for seven days as the net asset value of its shares falls below $1. THIS IS A MONEY MARKET FUND, NOT A MONEY MARKET ACCOUNT. MONEY...
Here's a good review of the new LendingClub which has finished their SEC filing and is one of the only P2P lenders currently operating (everyone else is either shut down or is in an SEC quiet...
This Kiplinger article has non-stock investments which are claimed to provide respectable yields with less risk than stocks. Some that were mentioned include blue-chip IOUs, REIT preferreds and...
Consumer advocates have long denounced annuities for their high commissions, complex terms and high early surrender charges. Recently many have also warned about their safety as many insurance...
The Treasury Department has stepped in to help the Reserve Fund liquidate and pay back its investors.
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...
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...
A division of Cantor Fitzgerald, Cantor Entertainment, recently filed for regulatory approval with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) for a commodities futures market called the...
Harvard today announced that its endowment had dropped by 22% or $8 billion. The loss is greater than the total endowments of all but 4 universities. This marks the popping of one of the last...
Here's an alternate way to invest your money. Couldn't resist posting this one.
The rate on money market funds, not money market accounts, have spiked over the last couple of days due to the credit crisis.
While 75% of auction rate security holders have been able to get out of their investments (often at a loss) a significant percent are still stuck.
I recently learned that it would cost me $200,000 to graduate from my Alma mater. It made me wonder if the cost was worth it.
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Vanguard
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4.50%
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1.65%
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