More on Recent Declines in Some Ultra-Short Bond and Bank Loan Funds. We wrote Friday about some money fund competitors being hurt by the recent mini-panic, while money funds have withstood the storm. The Wall Street Journal Sunday writes about the same topic in "Some 'Safer' Funds Miss the Mark". "Many holders have recently bailed out of ultrashort and bank-loan funds. Other investors may want to stick it out.... But they've clearly seen that investments that promise attractive yields, but still tout themselves as conservative, are almost always riskier than stalwarts like money-market funds and certificates of deposit. The piece adds, "While any significant losses from these supposedly stable funds count as something of a failure, many funds do not hold subprime mortgages at all."

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