Substitutes For Stable Value Funds Kiplinger 2015

Post on: 21 Июль, 2015 No Comment

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Here are three bond funds that make worthy substitutes for stable-value funds. Two are members of the Kiplinger 25, and one is an index fund. The average credit quality of all three funds is single-A or better. Managed by Bill Gross of bond powerhouse [Read More. ]

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Q In my 401(k) plan, I have money in Promark Income fund, a stable-value fund. How risky is this type of fund? Also, is this a good substitute for some of the bond portion in a diversified portfolio? AStable-value funds are a lot less risky than being in [Read More. ]

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Some might remember my Unstable Value Funds series. Though the worst never happened, many funds came close to breaking the buck. I once designed a substitute for Stable Value Funds, one that could trade on Schwab’s platform. But the math of the product [Read More. ]

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Losses at the Chrysler Stable Value The funds are seen as being as safe as cash, and as a harbor for workers approaching retirement or seeking refuge from volatile stock and bond markets. Millions of investors can use them as a substitute for [Read More. ]

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Investors in stable-value funds want it both ways. They prefer the stability of a money-market fund with the higher returns of a bond fund. By buying insurance to [Read More. ]

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The Best Funds for Your 401(k) Most popular funds in retirement plans range from decent to excellent. But we found a few slackers. By Nellie S. Huang See my bio, plus [Read More. ]

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Investors probably don’t think much about their money market fundsâ and that’s how they like it. The funds are stable, convenient parking spots for cash they want to [Read More. ]

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Pros and Cons As mentioned previously, stable value funds pay an interest rate that is a few percentage points above money market funds. They also do so with [Read More. ]

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In discussing my bond fund picks for 2013, I’ve deliberately omitted past returns. Why? Because yields are so low, there’s almost no mathematical chance that bond [Read More. ]

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The passion for stable value funds ebbs as SEC questions flow. Despite the popularity that stable value funds have enjoyed in the last few years, as part [Read More. ]

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Investors in stable-value funds want it both ways. They prefer the stability of a money-market fund with the higher returns of a bond fund. By buying insurance to [Read More. ]

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The Best Funds for Your 401(k) Most popular funds in retirement plans range from decent to excellent. But we found a few slackers. By Nellie S. Huang See my bio, plus [Read More. ]

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Investors probably don’t think much about their money market fundsâ and that’s how they like it. The funds are stable, convenient parking spots for cash they want to [Read More. ]

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Pros and Cons As mentioned previously, stable value funds pay an interest rate that is a few percentage points above money market funds. They also do so with [Read More. ]

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In discussing my bond fund picks for 2013, I’ve deliberately omitted past returns. Why? Because yields are so low, there’s almost no mathematical chance that bond [Read More. ]

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The passion for stable value funds ebbs as SEC questions flow. Despite the popularity that stable value funds have enjoyed in the last few years, as part [Read More. ]