The Real Returns
- Volatile TIPS
- Excessive Executive Compensation
- Larry Kudlow
- Vanguard index fund 3-year returns
- Free cash flow and share buybacks
- Largest mutual funds and their expenses
- 10-year index fund returns
- TIPS and zero real return
- Performance of SPDRs since 2003
- Sector allocation of index funds
- Equity Income Funds
- Focus Funds
- Money Market Funds
- Notable and Quotable
- Mutual Fund Screening Criteria
- Cost of owning a car
Yield Survey
Treasury rates30 year - 2.87%10 year - 2.21%5 year - 1.37%2 year - 0.72%6 month - 0.28%3 month - 0.10%1 month - 0.02%Inflation indexed treasury rates (TIPS)30 year - 1.96%10 year - 1.79%5 year - 2.26%Online savings account ratesING direct - 2.50%HSBC direct - 2.60%Emigrant direct - 2.50%GMAC bank - 3.25%12 month CD ratesING direct (Orange CD) - 2.75%HSBC direct - 3.00%GMAC bank - 3.75%Bank of America - 2.01% (Standard term CD for less than $10,000)Money market account ratesVanguard prime money market (VMMXX) - 2.03%Vanguard treasury money market (VMPXX) - 0.71%Fidelity Cash Reserves (FDRXX) - 1.70%
posted by Me, on Thursday, January 15, 2009 at
10:31 PM
