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Income investors have a chance to cash in

johnNjohnN
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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/12/business/income-investors-finally-have-a-chance-to-cash-in.html

- For the first time since the financial crisis, playing it safe is paying off for income investors.

After a decade when conservative money market funds and similar short-term investments yielded close to zero, it is now possible to earn about 2 percent and even a bit more.-

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  • Old_Skeet
    edited October 2018
    Hi @johN: Thanks for posting the NYT's article. Interesting read on fixed income and how some funds have position along with their thinking.
  • carew388carew388
    VMMXX now showing 30 day yield of 2.16%.
  • Old_JoeOld_Joe
    edited October 2018
    First Republic Bank:
    2.5% / 14 month CDs.
    2.6% / 20 month CDs.
  • johnNjohnN
    edited October 2018
    Att bonds usually yield +5% usually A-ratings less than few%defaults but risks much higher than mm cd... Maybe much more risky than cash
  • Old_JoeOld_Joe
    edited October 2018
    There's a reason they have to pay +5%. You hardly ever get something for nothing in this world. No "maybe" about it.
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