3 month t-bill yield 0,02% - maybe traded negative

Re:3 month t-bill yield 0,02% - maybe traded negative by ckinnan on Wednesday September 17, 2008 @11:01PM (#307826)

There is a flight to security on concerns about the stability of money market funds. If your startup uses money market accounts for working capital/payroll you should make sure the fund doesn't have corporate bond exposure

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Re:3 month t-bill yield 0,02% - maybe traded negative by michaelneale on Wednesday September 17, 2008 @11:58PM (#307859)

I never quite understood why startups do that - I mean, from an investors point of view, isn't there enough risk already? (I guess the assumption was that money markets was as good as cash).

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Re:3 month t-bill yield 0,02% - maybe traded negative by quasimojo on Thursday September 18, 2008 @01:12AM (#307903)

pedestrian mm's tend to de-emphasize corporate paper

and yes, the amount of money your startup has in its mm is definitely pedestrian

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