Money Market Funds: Treasury to the Rescue

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The recent bailout is an excellent step in the right direction.The main question is: When will this situation be resolved? The economist all have different opinions and comments but no positive solutions. The most recent information is it will take years and the matter will worsen before it improves. In he meantime it appears that the firms which were bailed out are not using the money for which it was intendeded.
Fear mistrust and lack of faith in by investors is evident and rightly it should be. CEOS and company managers should be rewarded on performance and if they are misusing investors/companies money should be disciplend,terminated or evne prosceuted, if any criminal activity did take place. These are a few of the actions which I believe would restore faith in our officals and motivate investors to reenter the market. Until then I don't expect much action on the part of investors to reenter the market. Another good savings would be within our military. Bring all of the troops in Iraq Iran and Georgia home. How many trillions of dollars has been spent since these wars began?

Paul of NJ 2:58PM December 08, 2008

An excellent action... Investors need at this time more security and more assurance that their money will be safe until this crisis passes. Prior to this action investors had little assurance of any assistance. Granted unlike the 1930S before the formation of the SEC investors had to accept more risk. We have come a long way since then but we still need to be extremely cautous.

Paul of NJ 10:01AM October 04, 2008

Some of us took lower yields in banks to be conservatively safe against precisely this possibility. Now, the Federal Govt intends to bail out the risk-takers. Not exactly fair, but, hey capitalism is about screwing the other guy. Isn't it?

of 11:39AM September 19, 2008