I have a lot of my money at interactive brokers and it is not invested, so I guess I am getting close to money market rates. What would be a good investment or a couple of investments to get a couple percent more than money market rates for this unused money?
unused money at interactive brokers question
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traderx
, May 29 2007 04:26 PM
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Posted 29 May 2007 - 04:29 PM
couple percent more than 4.50-5% puts it in a risk category far different than money mkt. .... in my opinion
Fidelity has a couple fed tax free funds with $1.00 NAV that are hard to beat....FTEXX for example
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Posted 29 May 2007 - 04:48 PM
note div payers in the energy sector...take note how much principal could have been lost if the purchase had been at the 52-wk high:
div yield shown in one of right-most columns, and the calc of such is lagging at the data source
Symbol /Pct from Yr High/ Trade/ Change/ Volume /Avg Vol (3m) /Yield/ Float /Short Ratio
- - - - - CPNO Down 2.42% 43.87 Down 0.04 Down 0.09% 75,162 124,594 3.90% 28.96M 3.9
- - - - - EEQ Down 7.93% 55.39 Up 1.03 Up 1.89% 69,500 44,527.4 6.80% 8.45M 0.8
- - - - - EPD Down 7.17% 30.96 Down 0.01 Down 0.03% 647,860 778,695 6.20% 285.00M 4.6
- - - - - ETP Down 5.43% 59.96 Up 0.91 Up 1.54% 205,100 205,200 5.30% 69.01M 2.4
- - - - - PAA Down 4.04% 59.90 Up 0.37 Up 0.62% 291,700 210,882 5.50% 94.33M 3.4
- - - - - XTEX Down 15.08% 34.18 Up 0.62 Up 1.85% 67,211 72,738.7 6.60% 20.82M 1.4
Edited by hiker, 29 May 2007 - 04:49 PM.
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Posted 29 May 2007 - 05:08 PM
IB had a program for accredited investors wherby they could invest in IB's commercial paper (highly rated). When I first found about this 4 years ago it was an attractive investment. The investor could lock in different maturity dates depending on their situation.
Maybe worth checking into.
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Posted 29 May 2007 - 09:56 PM
I have a lot of my money at interactive brokers and it is not invested, so I guess I am getting close to money market rates. What would be a good investment or a couple of investments to get a couple percent more than money market rates for this unused money?
Look at the yields /dividends paid monthly
http://finance.yahoo...X,VWEHX,ACG&d=s
SPY vs Junk bonds in last march 07
http://finance.yahoo... vweh...0&a=&c=
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