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MONEY MARKET FUNDS.

Authors :
Weberman, Ben
Source :
Forbes; 8/17/1981, Vol. 128 Issue 4, p125-125, 1p
Publication Year :
1981

Abstract

The article discusses the need to consider safety and portfolio marketability over yield when investing in money market mutual funds. Topics covered include the security of bank certificates of deposit (CDs), the impact of the collapse of the commercial paper market on Penn Central Transportation Co. in 1970, the difference of funds by investment and portfolio maturity and the investment of the Merrill Lynch Ready Asset fund in Treasury bills and federal papers.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00156914
Volume :
128
Issue :
4
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Forbes
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
92530318