» For ‘Safe\' Investors, This May Be a Challenging Year
17/01/10 05:00 from NYT > Money Market Accounts
The gap between short- and long-term interest rates poses some tricky problems for savers, investors and home buyers.
» It\'s Time to Admit That Money Funds Involve Risk
29/08/09 04:00 from NYT > Money Market Accounts
Money markets are investment vehicles, not bank savings accounts, which means (shudder) investors may sometimes lose money.
» Rewriting Rules to Protect Money Funds
25/06/09 04:00 from NYT > Money Market Accounts
The S.E.C. proposed more stringent rules for money market funds to avert runs when they “break the buck.”
» Money Market Funds Are a Refuge, Right?
11/01/09 05:00 from NYT > Money Market Accounts
2008 may go down as the year that cast doubt on everything investors thought they knew about money market funds.
» Embattled, Fund Shifts Cost of Suits to Investors
05/12/08 05:00 from NYT > Money Market Accounts
If shareholders continue to wage legal battles against the fund and its manager, they risk getting far less back, because more of their money will be used to pay the fund company\'s outside lawyers.
» Money Market Fund Outlines Plans to Reimburse Investors
04/12/08 05:00 from NYT > Money Market Accounts
Investors in the Reserve Primary Fund are finally getting some details about how the beleaguered fund plans to handle its continuing liquidation.
» Treasury to Support a Frozen Money Fund
21/11/08 05:00 from NYT > Money Market Accounts
In an unusual step, the Treasury Department said it was prepared to buy assets from a troubled money market mutual fund that has been frozen for more than two months.
» Money Fund Thaws a Bit to Return Some Cash
14/11/08 05:00 from NYT > Money Market Accounts
A troubled money market fund that has been frozen for more than two months began returning about 40 percent of investments made by shareholders.
» Troubled Fund Begins Payouts
31/10/08 04:00 from NYT > Money Market Accounts
The Reserve Primary Fund announced late Thursday night that it would begin mailing checks to shareholders on Friday for half their original investment.
» Reserve Fund\'s Investors Still Await Their Cash
29/10/08 04:00 from NYT > Money Market Accounts
At least 400,000 people, and perhaps as many as a million, can\'t access their savings in the Reserve Fund, the nation\'s oldest money market fund, with no sure end in sight.
» Big Fund\'s Clients Seek Taped Proof of Tip-Offs
21/10/08 04:00 from NYT > Money Market Accounts
A federal judge has been asked to allow the release of tapes of calls a money market fund made to customers the day before its share price fell below a dollar.
» Battered Money Funds Find Relief
11/10/08 04:00 from NYT > Money Market Accounts
For the first time in a month, investors have put new cash into the most-battered category of money market funds.
» Suit Claims Fund Gave a Heads Up
23/09/08 04:00 from NYT > Money Market Accounts
An investor has sued the Reserve Fund, a big mutual fund operator, accusing of it tipping other investors to impending losses.
» Bush Officials Urge Swift Action on Rescue Powers
20/09/08 04:00 from NYT > Money Market Accounts
Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. said the upfront cost of a rescue proposal could easily be $500 billion, and outside experts predicted that the bill could reach $1 trillion.
» Hoping a Hail Mary Pass Connects
20/09/08 04:00 from NYT > Money Market Accounts
The solution proposed by the Treasury, like the football play, is not very likely to succeed.