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Gold/Mining/Energy : Big Dog's Boom Boom Room

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To: ChanceIs who wrote (156746)9/9/2011 1:55:46 PM
From: Kayaker1 Recommendation  Read Replies (2) of 206089
 
<< ....warning that those MONEY MARKET FUNDS (you know - perfectly safe money markets) had moved money to Europe.... >>

I keep my cash as cash and put nothing in money market funds. As you note, there is significant risk that they will "break the buck". I assume the Canadian banks are similar. It's a huge risk for a paltry return.

US money market funds cut European exposure
August 22, 2011 8:15 pm
By Robin Wigglesworth in London and Telis Demos in New York

....The European banking exposure of the 10 biggest US money market funds fell to 47 per cent of their $658bn assets at the end of July, down from 48.7 per cent of the funds’ $698bn of assets at the end of June....

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