| BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : FEBRUARY 8, 1999 ISSUE | ||||||||
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| PERSONAL BUSINESS
The Lowdown on Stable Value Funds OBJECTIVE Preserve principal and earn a stable rate of return. Their current average yield is 6.45%. PORTFOLIO Funds own high-quality asset-backed securities, corporate bonds, U.S. Treasuries. RETURN Funds have returned 7.19% annually over the past 10 years, vs. 5.28% for money market funds and 8.45% for taxable bond funds. DATA: MORNINGSTAR INC., HUELER COS., IBC FINANCIAL DATA INC. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ |
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