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An up and down day for money market funds

Oct. 8, 2008
Wednesday was a good day and a bad day for money market fund shareholders. Virtually all funds met the Wednesday deadline to sign up for temporary government insurance. But the Federal Reserve's half-point cut in the interest rate will send money fund yields...
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