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Inflation and the Series I Savings Bond
By MoneyRates team | Money-Rates Columnist
The Treasury Department has had a Savings Bond program since 1935 to raise funds for the U.S. Government. With the backing of the government implicit these bonds considered among the safest investments in the world. They have not drawn a great deal of attention from investors due to the rates paid on them, which is [...]
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Money Fund Yields Holding Up
By MoneyRates team | Money-Rates Columnist
Money Fund Yields
Yields on major money funds have held up despite the recent credit market crisis. This is a good sign for investors in the top money funds as it indicates a resilience of those funds to volatility in the short-term securities they hold in their portfolio. The national average is below 5.00% on money [...]
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Comparing Year-to-Date Returns on Investment Portfolios
By MoneyRates team | Money-Rates Columnist
Investors who have held safer investments this year have matched or nearly matched the returns seen on riskier investments when factoring in YTD returns (including income generated).
YTD Index Returns (January 1st, 2007 - July 26, 2007)
StocksS&P 500 Index: 2.87%NASDAQ Composite Index: 6.80%Dow Jones Industrial Average: 6.44%Russell 2000 Index: -1.25%Dow Jones 3000 Wilshire Index: 3.18%
BondsJP Morgan [...]
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How to invest $2.6 million at a 5.25% APY
By MoneyRates team | Money-Rates Columnist
26 banks are reporting money market accounts (MMA) with an APY (annual percentage yield) of 5.25% or higher available to online investors through each bank’s website. Investing in each bank individually at the FDIC-insurance limit of $100,000 per acount could theoretically allow an individual investor to earn 5.25% on $2.6 million dollars while keeping their [...]
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