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Funds Turn To Treasury Guaranty
Fifteen of the largest money-market mutual fund companies, which together account for three-quarters of the market, said this week that they would take up the Treasury Department on its offer of a temporary guaranty in an attempt to regain their status as one of the safest places to park cash.
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Personal Finance Headlines
While It's Big, Bad and Ugly, The Bailout Is the Only Answer (By Jane Bryant Quinn, October 12, 2008; Page F05)
ARM Holders Would Do Well to Shop Around Now (Post, October 12, 2008; Page F05)
Wall Street Whirlwind: 4th-Quarter Forecast: More Turbulence (Post, October 5, 2008; Page F01)
As Fear Gripped Markets, Even Reliable Mutual Fund Strategies Didn't Work (Post, October 5, 2008; Page F01)
Why This Kiplinger 25 Fund Has Tumbled (Kiplinger, October 13, 2008)
As Goes the White House, So Goes the Market? (Kiplinger, October 13, 2008)
REITs That Are Holding up Well (Kiplinger, October 13, 2008)
How I Keep My Sanity While My Savings Vanish (Kiplinger, October 13, 2008)
It's Not Smooth Sailing Just Yet (Post, October 12, 2008; Page F03)
Ask Kim: Why Your Mutual Fund Is Safe Even if the Management Firm Fails (Post, October 12, 2008; Page F03)
WORKPLACE: Trading Suits For Sweats as Fuel Costs Spur Telecommuting (Post, October 12, 2008; Page F03)
INVESTING: Pipeline Owners Have Dividends on Tap (Post, October 12, 2008; Page F03)
MARKET BUZZ: The Flameout's Smoke Signal (Post, October 12, 2008; Page F02)
HINDSIGHT: Putting Lipstick on a Bear (Market) (Post, October 12, 2008; Page F02)
FORESIGHT: Just How Dismal Will the Data Be? (Post, October 12, 2008; Page F02)
Do You Need To Talk? (washingtonpost.com, October 9, 2008; 10:17 AM)
Know the Rules to Keep Your Cash Safe (By Michelle Singletary, October 9, 2008; Page D02)
Four Great Companies on Sale (Kiplinger, October 9, 2008)
A New Economic Agenda (Kiplinger, October 8, 2008)
Playing Defense at Vanguard Selected Value (Kiplinger, October 8, 2008)
A Fund That's Actually Making Money (Kiplinger, October 8, 2008)
As Goes Fertilizer, So Goes the Market? (Kiplinger, October 8, 2008)
Obituaries: Publishing Executive Todd Kiplinger, 62 (Post, October 8, 2008; Page B07)
Four Picks for a Packaged Approach (Kiplinger, October 6, 2008)
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