Quarter End Window Dressing

Discussion in 'Economics' started by Tsing Tao, Sep 30, 2014.

  1. Tsing Tao

    Tsing Tao

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  2. Aye, why anyone would keep their money in a US money mkt fund is beyond me...
     
  3. Redneck

    Redneck

    And tomorrow - liquidity

    RN
     
  4. Tsing Tao

    Tsing Tao

    Especially with all the Fed talk about gating.
     
  5. castanza

    castanza

    Could you explain further why US moneymkt is a bad deal for ultrashort term cash? Tbills are paying next to nothing also.

    What exactly is gating? Thx in advance
     
  6. The SEC has already voted on the new MMF regulations and they're coming into effect over the next couple of years. Thank god for that, but until it's all done and dusted, I wouldn't be an investor.
     
  7. Tsing Tao

    Tsing Tao

    The point of the chart was not to show or indicate that money market funds are bad for ultrashort term cash, but to point out how quarter end reverse repos go, and how they're used to keep the appearance up.

    As for gating, suggest you google the subject, as there is a lot of reading to be done on it.
     
  8. It's not just the reverse repos that are used for window dress... Every single mkt works like that.
     
  9. Tsing Tao

    Tsing Tao

    Ah, that makes it alright then. Nothing to see, move along. I get it.
     
  10. No, it's not all right, but it is human nature...
     
    #10     Oct 1, 2014