Re: Vanguard Treasury Money Market Fund (VUSXX) Questions!
Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2020 6:49 am
Thank you for posting this! Darn. Looks like I’m going back to t-bills, which is far less convenient.
Depressing news, but important to know.
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Thank you for posting this! Darn. Looks like I’m going back to t-bills, which is far less convenient.
Followed by the Principal Investment Strategies:The Vanguard Treasury Money Market Fund (VUSXX) hasn't changed from it's (sic)
stated principal investment strategies recently. The fund managers will
make changes based on current market conditions to provide the best return,
while adding as little additional risk to the fund as possible.
and so on.The Fund invests solely in high-quality,
short-term money market instruments whose interest and principal payments
are backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government. Under
normal circumstances, at least 80% of the Fund’s assets will be invested in
U.S. Treasury securities; the remainder of the assets may be invested in
securities issued by U.S. governmental agencies.
Where did you write to them? I wanted to contact the funds investment's manager to ask questions but did not see a way to do so.dualstow wrote: ↑Fri Jan 10, 2020 8:51 amI wrote to them the other day and got this response:
Followed by the Principal Investment Strategies:The Vanguard Treasury Money Market Fund (VUSXX) hasn't changed from it's (sic)
stated principal investment strategies recently. The fund managers will
make changes based on current market conditions to provide the best return,
while adding as little additional risk to the fund as possible.and so on.The Fund invests solely in high-quality,
short-term money market instruments whose interest and principal payments
are backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government. Under
normal circumstances, at least 80% of the Fund’s assets will be invested in
U.S. Treasury securities; the remainder of the assets may be invested in
securities issued by U.S. governmental agencies.