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Keep your money fund or dump it?

January 29th, 201008:22 AM ET

By Joseph Slife

It's no secret that interest rates for money market funds are scraping bottom. Even the top recommendation in our current money rates table (subscription required) is paying a scant 0.30%. Vanguard Prime, one of the best-known and most popular MMFs available, is yielding a barely noticeable 0.05%. So is it time to abandon the money-fund ship a...
The 'mountain of cash' on the sidelines

June 17th, 200909:19 AM ET

By Joseph Slife

The Los Angeles Times' Money & Co. blog examines whether money sitting on the sidelines in money market funds will flow back into stock funds, helping to fuel an extended bull run. The conventional wisdom, backed by historical research, says it will. In a research report on Monday, Jack Ablin, chief investment officer at Harris Private ...

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