Money-market mutual funds, those havens of safety for investors during tumultuous times, are facing their own pressures as interest rates continue to decline.
The funds, which historically aimed to provide higher yields than bank deposits without risk of losses, are waiving fees and consolidating—or closing their doors altogether. The drop Thursday on the 10-year Treasury to below 2% in intraday trading provided fresh bad news for the funds.
Money-market funds once were profit machines, collecting $13 billion in fees at their peak in 2008. But they have seen their revenues shrivel by 65% over the past three years as short-term …
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Thank you for this article from the Wall Street Journal. Despite these issues money market funds can still yield a significant profit for investors.