Let's look at an actual example of the seven-day yield. The Vanguard Federal Money Market Fund (VMFXX) reports the top seven-day yield in the government category as of January 3, 2018. It has a simple seven-day yield of 1.22% and a compound seven-day yield of 1.23%. Its most rece...
• Vanguard Federal Money Market Investor (VMFXX)• SPDR® S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) HoldingsWith interest rates on the rise, fixed income funds’ net asset value (NAV) returns are suffering. And this chart clearly shows why floating rate bond funds (also called bank loan funds) are ...
Below is a screenshot of how to buy the VMFXX money market fund in a Vanguard account: Popular Money Market Fund Options Here are a few of the most popular government and treasury focused money market mutual fund options offered by Fidelity, Schwab, and Vanguard, along with their ticker sym...
Each of these funds come in other flavors. For example, VTSAX is a Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and that exact same portfolio can be found in five other funds, or what Vanguard calls “classes.” Below I list them with links to Vanguard and followed by their expense ratios a...