Tuesday, October 15, 2019

The Humble but Hot Money Market Fund

What's one of the hottest investment vehicles these days? The humble money market fund. Investors are flocking to the relative safety of money market funds at the highest level since the financial crisis began in 2008.

The industry has pulled in $322 billion over the past six months, the fastest pace since the second half of 2008, bringing assets to nearly $3.5 trillion, according to data from FactSet and Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Total money market assets are now at their highest level since September 2009.

This trend is more about safety than about returns. Money market funds are now yielding about 2 percent, down from the 2.47 percent they delivered at the beginning of 2019.

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