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"For more than a year, earning high income has been as easy as rolling out of bed, with low-risk Treasury bills and money-market funds yielding at least 5%. Now, the Federal Reserve is expected to lower interest rates next month and yields are already shrinking. So investors need to be on their guard against the inevitable rise in come-ons that prey on people’s craving for high income."