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The Motley Fool September 30, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
Get Out of This Endangered Investment The Federal Reserve is killing money market mutual funds.  |
The Motley Fool August 21, 2007 Dan Caplinger |
The Rundown on Rates If the stock market's latest gyrations are making you suffer, just wait until you see where the real action is: Treasury bills.  |
The Motley Fool August 16, 2007 Dan Caplinger |
Big-Time Risk on Short-Term Money Short-term bond funds have been billed as an attractive substitute for money-market mutual funds. But as some investors are discovering, these funds aren't risk-free. Yields fluctuate, and you risk losing some principal.  |
The Motley Fool February 11, 2008 Todd Wenning |
In Search of 12.14% Yields Investors, be very leery of financial products promising high returns. They come with serious risks.  |
The Motley Fool February 9, 2005 |
Money Market Funds, Explained They're not exciting, but you may need them. They're generally ill-suited for long-term savings, but they're great for short-term investments, such as for money you'll need in the near future.  |
The Motley Fool February 19, 2008 Dan Caplinger |
Don't Fall for Short-Term Bond Funds Short-term bond funds are often touted as a substitute for money market funds. Often, short-term bond funds pay slightly higher interest rates, however, a little more interest isn't worth the risk.  |
The Motley Fool November 16, 2010 Morgan Housel |
Picture of the Day: An Impotent Bernanke Measuring QE2's early results.  |
BusinessWeek September 12, 2005 Lauren Young |
There's Real Juice In CDs With short-term rates rising, yields from certificates of deposit beat those of bonds.  |
The Motley Fool November 19, 2007 Dan Caplinger |
Will Money Funds Finally "Break the Buck"? Even some of the safest places for your savings, money funds, are apparently at risk these days, as some money funds had invested in securities including subprime mortgages.  |
The Motley Fool May 3, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
This Ticking Time Bomb Will Cost Trillions We're getting too used to low interest rates.  |
The Motley Fool December 11, 2007 Dan Caplinger |
2007's Big Surprise Mutual funds that invest in Treasury securities have put in an unexpectedly good performance in 2007, giving broader-market indexes a run for their money.  |
The Motley Fool September 18, 2008 Rich Smith |
Safe Havens for Cold Hard Cash If you can't trust your investment banker, your insurance broker, or even your supposedly "safe as cash" money fund, then where should you put your cash?  |
The Motley Fool February 9, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
Why This May Be Today's Best Investment One of the least exciting investments out there is cash. But sometimes, the best investments aren't the most exciting ones.  |
The Motley Fool April 25, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
Why Would Anyone Buy This? Negative rates don't look good, but they may pay off for investors.  |
The Motley Fool July 11, 2007 Dan Caplinger |
Earn More From Your Retirement Savings If your 401(k) offers a stable value fund, don't reject it out of hand as too good to be true. It may be exactly what you need to increase the income from your retirement savings.  |
The Motley Fool December 11, 2008 Chuck Saletta |
A Government Guarantee That You'll Lose Money For the first -- or perhaps second -- time in history, the auction on short-term U.S. Treasury Bills actually had government debt briefly trading at negative yields.  |
The Motley Fool August 10, 2007 Dan Caplinger |
Is Your Money Market Fund Safe? When markets are falling and your portfolio is hurting, the last thing you need to worry about is whether your cash is safe. While your risk of losing money in your money market fund is low, there are some things that you should be aware of.  |
BusinessWeek November 18, 2010 Liz Capo McCormick |
Bond Investors Detect a Whiff of Inflation Bond options are anticipating a rise in prices. That would lower the risk of deflation settling in.  |
The Motley Fool July 12, 2006 Selena Maranjian |
Where to Put Your Short-Term Savings Why settle for getting 1.05% at your bank when you might earn 5% somewhere else?  |
The Motley Fool April 30, 2008 Dan Caplinger |
Stocks Aren't as Risky as You Think With danger lurking everywhere, stocks offer the best potential returns.  |
The Motley Fool May 28, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
The Death of Bonds? You shouldn't give up on bonds entirely, but neither should you rely on them to support you without help from other investments.  |
Registered Rep. March 17, 2010 Stan Luxenberg |
Bond Funds Facing Bleak Prospects? Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has been carefully signaling that the Fed stands ready to raise interest rates this year if the economy continues to mend. For bond funds that could be bad news.  |
The Motley Fool January 24, 2005 Mathew Emmert |
Think Dividend Stocks, Not Bonds Bonds aren't compelling investments in today's market. This dividend fan tells you why.  |
The Motley Fool July 7, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
Can These Investments Keep Flying High? As long as you understand the risks involved, owning corporate bonds either directly or through a bond exchange-traded fund or mutual fund can give you higher yields on your money.  |
The Motley Fool June 2, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
These Investments Are No Free Lunch Extra yield may be worth the risk in some cases, but be sure you know what you're getting into.  |
CFO June 15, 2012 Vincent Ryan |
Desperate for Yield Treasurers are seeking the slightest pickup in returns on their short-term cash, provided the risk falls within corporate investment guidelines.  |
The Motley Fool March 12, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
How Higher Rates Could Hurt You As night follows day, higher interest rates almost always result from an improving economy. If you're not prepared for the impact that higher rates could have on your finances, you could be in for a huge shock.  |
The Motley Fool January 29, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
The Only Bond Bear Worth Listening To The U.S. Treasury itself is signaling higher rates ahead.  |
The Motley Fool June 11, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
The Next Crisis Has Just Begun The current combination of higher borrowing costs and lower returns on savings could create lasting problems for consumers and the economy as a whole.  |
The Motley Fool September 21, 2010 Eric Dutram |
Tuesday's ETF to Watch: Long-Term Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) The Federal Reserve's decision on rates today informs the ETF to watch.  |
The Motley Fool May 24, 2011 Morgan Housel |
Bill Gross on the Bond Bubble Bonds may rise, but they'll still leave you worse off.  |
The Motley Fool August 12, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
Double Your Income With These 7 Stocks Dividends are the only place to be right now.  |
The Motley Fool February 4, 2008 Dan Caplinger |
Will Rate Cuts Kill the Housing Market? The latest rate cut from the Federal Reserve was again good news for the stock market. Unlike the last several Fed moves, however, this one didn't make mortgage borrowers cheer. Read on to see why.  |
The Motley Fool March 31, 2008 Sham Gad |
Is Cash the Best Investment? It's always good to have some cash handy. But declining markets are ripe with opportunities for patient investors to prudently put some of that cash to good work.  |
BusinessWeek April 29, 2010 Roben Farzad |
Why Small Investors Are Shying from Stocks The Dow's surge hasn't lured them back, perhaps signifying a lasting behavior change -- or a lot of cash about to reenter the market and fuel the rally  |
Financial Planning October 1, 2009 Donald Jay Korn |
Better Than Nothing With savings yields low and savers' anxiety high, financial planners are scrambling to find safe places for cash holdings, along with yields that actually enter single-digit territory.  |
The Motley Fool January 12, 2011 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Addition Through Subtraction at Charles Schwab The discounter settles for its ill-advised marketing of an ill-fated bond fund.  |
The Motley Fool December 19, 2006 Dan Caplinger |
The Scoop on Savings Bonds: Part 2 A closer look at why bonds aren't as attractive as they used to be.  |
The Motley Fool January 5, 2007 Dan Caplinger |
Climbing Down the Ladder Does bond laddering make sense with an inverted yield curve?  |
The Motley Fool April 5, 2004 Mathew Emmert |
Stretching for Short-Term Yield Don't let a higher yield jeopardize the money you need within five years. Boring may be, well, boring, but it is also safe. So when you're searching for fairly short-term yields, make sure the risks you're taking are appropriate.  |
The Motley Fool August 26, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
Have the Credit Markets Finally Healed? Corporate activity suggests the answer may be yes.  |
The Motley Fool October 13, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
The Wrong Reason to Buy Dividend Stocks They aren't a substitute for low-risk assets.  |
The Motley Fool October 27, 2009 Morgan Housel |
Managing the National Debt There's no such thing as a free lunch.  |
The Motley Fool February 21, 2008 Selena Maranjian |
Cash In at Your Brokerage Think about what you really need when you're shopping for a new broker. Read on for our list of things you might consider.  |
The Motley Fool December 22, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
This Is What You Need When You Retire There are plenty of investments that can generate income for you.  |
BusinessWeek June 4, 2009 Ben Levisohn |
Are Treasuries a Safe Haven? Or Dangerous? Treasury bonds' prices have fallen dramatically since last fall. Does that signal economic recovery - or runaway inflation?  |
The Motley Fool April 20, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Schwab's a Cheap Date Charles Schwab lowers account minimums across the board. Lowering the bar may not make sense as a short-term move to shareholders, but it's the best way to make sure that Schwab remains relevant in the long-term.  |
The Motley Fool February 12, 2007 Mary Dalrymple |
I Love Online Savings An easily accessible, high-yielding, online savings account is just the thing to warm your heart.  |
The Motley Fool October 30, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
Should You Dump These Dividend Stocks? After the market's big rally, many stocks have seen their dividend yields drop sharply. Do those falling yields mean that you should get out of these dividend stocks now before it's too late?  |
The Motley Fool February 12, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
The Next Victim of the Recession Forget about those 5% yields.  |