How do you invest the Cash portion?

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Re: How do you invest the Cash portion?

Post by vnatale » Sun Dec 22, 2019 9:35 pm

jhogue wrote:
Tue Dec 10, 2019 8:38 am
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I'm not getting Ally CDs, using their Savings. Pays more than 30-day T-Bill. Yeah, I know about Ally... it use to be GMAC.
Ally savings account interest rate is currently 1.70%.
3 month T-bill interest rate is currently 1.59%. Simple to ladder and put on auto-roll.
The difference is 0.11% ( further reduced by state and local taxes).

So why pick FDIC insurance coverage (which had to be bailed out by Congress in 2008) on a bank that effectively defaulted and had to be bailed out by TARP funds, instead of US Treasury bills, which were then and remain today the global reserve currency?

In the next banking crisis in the US (and there will be one) you want to hold Cash in the highest quality assets you can get. Every FDIC-insured account holder will be standing in line behind every US Treasury holder.
If something is important to me I always want to be as close as possible to first in line. Therefore, I'm in agreement with your above statement and will only buy only U.S. Treasuries and AVOID any bank / FDIC product.

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Re: How do you invest the Cash portion?

Post by vnatale » Mon Mar 16, 2020 5:45 pm

jacksonM wrote:
Sun Jul 07, 2019 6:57 pm
T bills for me too. Some of it is in various money market accounts at Fidelity and Vanguard for convenience sake but basically if I have a big bunch of cash it goes into T-Bills.

As for why I do this, it's because that was what HB suggested in his book and also the authors of the newer book by the folks who originally started this forum. They seemed to have spent more time thinking about these kinds of things than me and showed facts and figures for why it worked in the overall scheme of things so I didn't see any reason to delve any further to come up with my own plans.

Especially true nowadays when the best you can hope for with cash beyond what they recommended is is a minuscule improvement that doesn't really justify the risk of doing something else.
Finally getting around to thanking you for this, which is somewhat of an affirmation of how I tend to go about things. Your second paragraph describes how I prefer to find someone who has already invented the wheel rather than trying to invent that wheel on my own.

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Re: How do you invest the Cash portion?

Post by vnatale » Mon Mar 16, 2020 5:52 pm

dualstow wrote:
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What is the critical difference between Vanguard's treasury money market fund and a short-term treasury fund?
Is one more suitable for the PP than another?
Being both a money market fund and one that holds just treasurys, VUSXX is the ultimate cash vehicle for the pp, in my opinion. As a money market, each unit is a dollar. Put in $10,000, and know that you're going to be able to take out $10,000 (plus interest earned) when you need it- Well, you should be able to get it within a day if you sell shares to your sweep account, the Federal Money Market thing.

Prime money market fund also maintains a $1 share price, but even that fell victim to "breaking the buck" in 2008 or '09, losing money with most money market funds. It's not a terrible choice most of the time.

A short-term treasury fund has the *quality* of VUSXX, but not being a money market fund, I would think it could fluctuate in value, especially if it holds some 2-year notes. You can sell shares when you want to, but they may not always be equal to what you put in. (They might be worth *more*, and the dividends might be better than VUSXX).

So, aim for something *very* short term and even then, you might want to have your core cash in either VUSXX or just t-bills held directly by you, a fine 3rd choice.

The expense ratio (ER) between the two funds may be different. VUSXX's ER is $0.09, ie a $9 annual fee if you maintain a balance of $10,000.

And finally, you need US$50,000 to get started in VUSXX, although you don't have to maintain that balance.


And, here was Dualstow prior eloquently doing what I had just done a short while ago....extolling the virtues of a treasury money fund over a treasury mututal fund.

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Re: How do you invest the Cash portion?

Post by dualstow » Mon Mar 16, 2020 6:11 pm

Hm, I have no memory of that post. July seems like a lifetime away.
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Re: How do you invest the Cash portion?

Post by vnatale » Mon Mar 16, 2020 6:29 pm

dualstow wrote:
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Hm, I have no memory of that post. July seems like a lifetime away.
July? From my perspective last Wednesday seems like a lifetime ago! Everything seemed to really start cascading exponentially starting last Thursday, a mere four days ago! The dominos started falling over at warp speed!

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Re: How do you invest the Cash portion?

Post by vnatale » Mon Mar 16, 2020 7:24 pm

jhogue wrote:
Wed Nov 27, 2019 2:48 pm
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drumminj,

I am not picking your poison because I agree with Harry Browne and craigr that all financial risks are not created equal:

From CraigR’s FAQ:

"Q: Why a Treasury Money Market Fund and not something else with better yield?

A: Because you are not looking to take risk with your cash. Treasury Money Market Funds that are properly run are one of the most liquid investments you can own. There are no FDIC limits to worry about, no bank credit worthiness to worry about, and you will always be paid barring some extremely catastrophic event in the country. Chasing yield with your cash means you are taking on more risk and those risks can show up when you least expect (or want) them to."

The FDIC ran short of cash during the 2008-2009 financial crisis and had to be bailed out by Congress to the tune of $100 billion. That is a fact, not an opinion or a theory.

During that same time period, there was no interruption in the secondary market in T-bills.

Happy Thanksgiving to one and all.
A reminder to those who oftentimes will say that they consider FDIC protection equivalent to holding US Treasuries. I've now reached the pointed where I've been sufficiently (good) "brainwashed" that US Treasuries are the safer investment.

Whether it will ever comes to it is another question. However, if the cash quadrant's purpose is to just be there and act as ballast then I'm going to favor safety over yield.

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Re: How do you invest the Cash portion?

Post by vnatale » Mon Mar 16, 2020 7:50 pm

mathjak107 wrote:
Sun Dec 01, 2019 5:42 am
today pretty much a good prime money market from any of the major brokerages is fine .with the restrictions on them today the issues of the past are gone .

i put this about on par with buying gld , iau , etc for the gold portion . in the end they will likely be just fine ....

i already owned a money market that broke the buck and was closed back in 2008 .. but the stuff they were allowed to buy back then is no longer the case .

the same money printers that guarantee treasuries will be the same printers that guarantee other gov't bonds and also fdic payments to banks .
Seems that in the last few days you've amended the above to ONLY being Fidelity and Vanguard?

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Re: How do you invest the Cash portion?

Post by vnatale » Mon Mar 16, 2020 8:21 pm

drumminj wrote:
Fri Dec 06, 2019 9:56 pm
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T-bills held in a brokerage account at Vanguard are safe enough for “normal” times because Vanguard is a big active player in the enormous world-wide secondary market for Treasurys. Unless there is a terrific disruption in this market your money will always be completely liquid.
I don't mean to keep harping on the same thing, but it seems you're overlooking the aspect of relying on a third party here. Sure, the treasury market is liquid, but that doesn't mean that vanguard will be solvent. Presumably these treasuries are held in "street name", like all other instruments at a brokerage, and thus aren't in your direct possession and are at risk if there's an issue with the institution itself, which is where SIPC comes in. Is this not the case treasuries (vs stocks)?

"In normal times", sure, but if you're talking about FDIC and liquidity with a bank/MM account/CD, it seems you should be considering similar scenarios with your brokerage -- Vanguard or Fidelity or Schwab or wherever else. (I'll admit that bank receiverships are far more frequent than brokerage houses).

I agree with you on the tiers of possession and liquidity, and my intent here is just to suggest that bank accounts and CDs fall upon this same continuum, and in normal times where banks remain solvent, don't have drastically different characteristics from treasuries, aside from often paying a better rate. If I need liquidity in "normal" times, I can liquidate a treasury through my broker just as easily as I can break a CD (which I've done a few times, and takes no more than a day or two).

In "abnormal" times like the 2008 "crisis", I agree treasuries are the safer play.


In 2020 have we yet achieved the status of "abnormal" times?

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Re: How do you invest the Cash portion?

Post by vnatale » Mon Mar 16, 2020 8:41 pm

jhogue wrote:
Tue Dec 10, 2019 8:38 am
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I'm not getting Ally CDs, using their Savings. Pays more than 30-day T-Bill. Yeah, I know about Ally... it use to be GMAC.
Ally savings account interest rate is currently 1.70%.
3 month T-bill interest rate is currently 1.59%. Simple to ladder and put on auto-roll.
The difference is 0.11% ( further reduced by state and local taxes).

So why pick FDIC insurance coverage (which had to be bailed out by Congress in 2008) on a bank that effectively defaulted and had to be bailed out by TARP funds, instead of US Treasury bills, which were then and remain today the global reserve currency?

In the next banking crisis in the US (and there will be one) you want to hold Cash in the highest quality assets you can get. Every FDIC-insured account holder will be standing in line behind every US Treasury holder.
That is the assumption I will making...

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Re: How do you invest the Cash portion?

Post by jalanlong » Thu Mar 19, 2020 8:51 pm

vnatale wrote:
Mon Mar 16, 2020 8:41 pm
jhogue wrote:
Tue Dec 10, 2019 8:38 am
ochotona wrote:
Mon Dec 09, 2019 12:47 pm
I'm not getting Ally CDs, using their Savings. Pays more than 30-day T-Bill. Yeah, I know about Ally... it use to be GMAC.
Ally savings account interest rate is currently 1.70%.
3 month T-bill interest rate is currently 1.59%. Simple to ladder and put on auto-roll.
The difference is 0.11% ( further reduced by state and local taxes).

So why pick FDIC insurance coverage (which had to be bailed out by Congress in 2008) on a bank that effectively defaulted and had to be bailed out by TARP funds, instead of US Treasury bills, which were then and remain today the global reserve currency?

In the next banking crisis in the US (and there will be one) you want to hold Cash in the highest quality assets you can get. Every FDIC-insured account holder will be standing in line behind every US Treasury holder.
That is the assumption I will making...

Vinny
So does an ETF like SHV or BIL count as being safer than $$ in a bank?
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Re: How do you invest the Cash portion?

Post by pmward » Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:33 pm

jalanlong wrote:
Thu Mar 19, 2020 8:51 pm

So does an ETF like SHV or BIL count as being safer than $$ in a bank?
Absolutely. Remember that ETF's are less liquid than cash though. It's still worth keeping any short term liquidity you need in a bank or money market somewhere, where you do not have to wait for a clearing window to get access to the cash if you need it.
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Post by Smith1776 » Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:59 pm

I invest the cash portion of the PP using an ETF with the ticker ZFS.

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Post by mathjak107 » Fri Mar 20, 2020 5:05 am

as long as the same owners who own the printing machines are responsible for seeing to it that fdic and treasuries are paid i would think both are as good .. i can see a bit of delay though in restocking fdic.

i moved more than i would typically keep in local banks over to chase and cit .... the rest is now in fdlxx and bil .....i show the most cash i can remember ever holding ,,

stocks are still unsold and i actually added 100k to get back to 25% , but i cut the total bond funds and high yield by half . so cash levels are crazy .....

i took advantage of all the local promos like getting 1100 bucks from citibank
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Post by mathjak107 » Sat Mar 21, 2020 6:02 am

i am starting to think that with these short term bond funds like bil , one may be better in a treasury money market than a treasury etf ..... if rates flip negative i would think yields on bil will go negative ... money markets that at least conform to the standards will not break the buck .....

i really have no idea here what would happen with the etf's as bonds come due
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Post by jhogue » Sat Mar 21, 2020 3:42 pm

I just saw this notice on Fidelity's fixed income web page:

icon-exclamation-yellowtriangle-1x Recent extreme market conditions have resulted in a lack of liquidity, wide spreads (the difference between the price a customer can buy and sell a bond), large swings in prices, and substantial increases in pressure on trading systems. This can make it very difficult to determine fair and reasonable pricing on bonds. Fidelity continues to monitor the market environment and make every effort to ensure a fair and reasonable market for our customers.

In addition, the recent drop in interest rates has caused some Treasury securities to have negative yields. While active markets do exist for these securities, pricing may not be currently available on Fidelity.com. If you are interested in buying or selling Treasury securities and cannot locate an active market on Fidelity.com, please contact a Fixed Income Specialist at 800-544-5372.
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Post by ochotona » Thu Apr 02, 2020 9:51 am

Across my entire portfolio, I have $350 in non-Treasury Money Market.
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Post by barrett » Fri Apr 03, 2020 8:17 am

ochotona wrote:
Thu Apr 02, 2020 9:51 am
Across my entire portfolio, I have $350 in non-Treasury Money Market.
I checked our accounts yesterday and we are at $242 in non-Treasury cash positions!
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Post by Genious Moran » Fri Apr 03, 2020 11:32 am

jhogue wrote:
Sat Mar 21, 2020 3:42 pm
I just saw this notice on Fidelity's fixed income web page:

icon-exclamation-yellowtriangle-1x Recent extreme market conditions have resulted in a lack of liquidity, wide spreads (the difference between the price a customer can buy and sell a bond), large swings in prices, and substantial increases in pressure on trading systems. This can make it very difficult to determine fair and reasonable pricing on bonds. Fidelity continues to monitor the market environment and make every effort to ensure a fair and reasonable market for our customers.

In addition, the recent drop in interest rates has caused some Treasury securities to have negative yields. While active markets do exist for these securities, pricing may not be currently available on Fidelity.com. If you are interested in buying or selling Treasury securities and cannot locate an active market on Fidelity.com, please contact a Fixed Income Specialist at 800-544-5372.
In addition to this, Fidelity closed FDLXX to new investors on Tuesday, I think.
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Post by foglifter » Fri Apr 03, 2020 1:56 pm

Genious Moran wrote:
Fri Apr 03, 2020 11:32 am
jhogue wrote:
Sat Mar 21, 2020 3:42 pm
I just saw this notice on Fidelity's fixed income web page:

icon-exclamation-yellowtriangle-1x Recent extreme market conditions have resulted in a lack of liquidity, wide spreads (the difference between the price a customer can buy and sell a bond), large swings in prices, and substantial increases in pressure on trading systems. This can make it very difficult to determine fair and reasonable pricing on bonds. Fidelity continues to monitor the market environment and make every effort to ensure a fair and reasonable market for our customers.

In addition, the recent drop in interest rates has caused some Treasury securities to have negative yields. While active markets do exist for these securities, pricing may not be currently available on Fidelity.com. If you are interested in buying or selling Treasury securities and cannot locate an active market on Fidelity.com, please contact a Fixed Income Specialist at 800-544-5372.
In addition to this, Fidelity closed FDLXX to new investors on Tuesday, I think.
Yes, I got an email alert about FDLXX. Apparently too many investors learned to appreciate the safety of a Treasury-only MMF. Thankfully I have it in my taxable and HSAs. 8)
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Post by mathjak107 » Sat Apr 04, 2020 4:55 am

we are holding a lot of cash now , most being reinvested in drips and drabs .

we have about 1 million in fdlxx , and 500k in gov't money markets and banks . these are the highest cash levels i can ever remember having ...

with bond funds that are not treasuries being beat up i pulled about 1/2 out of total and corporate bond funds and prefer cash , until i re-deploy it all ..


i much prefer high yield at this stage ..the high yield funds have been beaten up so badly , like every company will default ... some are paying over 7% interest .....

i find that safer then total or corporate bond funds where they are mostly BBB ... the last rung of investment grade ...the big difference is not only the higher rate on high yield but high yield is already "junk bonds " .

one slip from BBB and investment grade gets down graded to junk ... that will be a nasty drop in value ... high yield is already priced as junk .

so each drop i have been adding equities and high yield . although i do own tlt and gld at the moment too .

i think high yield may actually beat equities this year like 2016 where my fidelity high yield fund returned 19%
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Post by Libertarian666 » Sat Apr 04, 2020 7:34 pm

mathjak107 wrote:
Sat Apr 04, 2020 4:55 am
we are holding a lot of cash now , most being reinvested in drips and drabs .

we have about 1 million in fdlxx , and 500k in gov't money markets and banks . these are the highest cash levels i can ever remember having ...

with bond funds that are not treasuries being beat up i pulled about 1/2 out of total and corporate bond funds and prefer cash , until i re-deploy it all ..


i much prefer high yield at this stage ..the high yield funds have been beaten up so badly , like every company will default ... some are paying over 7% interest .....

i find that safer then total or corporate bond funds where they are mostly BBB ... the last rung of investment grade ...the big difference is not only the higher rate on high yield but high yield is already "junk bonds " .

one slip from BBB and investment grade gets down graded to junk ... that will be a nasty drop in value ... high yield is already priced as junk .

so each drop i have been adding equities and high yield . although i do own tlt and gld at the moment too .

i think high yield may actually beat equities this year like 2016 where my fidelity high yield fund returned 19%
Most of the BBB stuff should be rated as junk already but the rating services are slow to downgrade it. As you suggest, when they do, look out below.
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Post by CT-Scott » Thu Apr 16, 2020 8:27 am

Other than cash in a few bank accounts, all of our savings are in 401k accounts and Roth IRAs. I did something drastic (and not conforming with the HBPP philosophy) and sold everything on 2/27 inside of our Roth IRAs, so that's now sitting in MM funds. Inside of our largest 401k accounts, we moved everything to the one Stable Value fund that was offered by each of our 401k providers, as I was/am under the belief that the Stable Value fund was the "safest" option available.

Some questions:

1) Just how "safe" can I expect these Stable Value funds to be? I read somewhere that a Stable Value fund inside of a 401k is "insured", which is part of what makes it the safest choice. But when I spoke to an adviser at Fidelity (my employer's 401k provider) he seemed uncertain about that (I didn't get the impression that he was 100% knowledgeable about it). FWIW, the one Stable Value fund in my account is the Wells Fargo Stable Value fund. I can provide more details if it would be helpful. From what I can gather, it looks like I might be getting about a 2.5% annual return (currently) on that.

2) I believe I've read before that a 401k's Stable Value fund qualifies as "Cash" from a PP perspective. True?

3) Other options inside of my 401k would be a couple of bond funds that are all/mostly Treasuries (VSIGX and ABTIX). Should I consider moving some of my Stable Value funds over to those? Or wait until Treasury yields look better?

4) The PP calls for 25% in long-term treasuries, but I don't believe the Treasury fund options inside my 401k (noted in #3) are restricted to *only* long-term Treasuries.

I read about the HBPP many years ago and liked the idea (leading to me moving all of my money in one of my smaller 401k accounts to PRPFX), but that didn't seem to gain me much, so I moved it back out of PRPFX and into all-stocks a few years later. Now that I'm revisiting this forum and reading up on things more, I still like the concept of the HBPP, but I think I'm learning that it's not really possible to follow it properly if most/all of your investment funds are inside of a 401k / Roth IRA.
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Post by CT-Scott » Fri Apr 17, 2020 7:13 pm

No replies to my question? Bumping the thread.
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Post by vnatale » Fri Apr 17, 2020 7:17 pm

Wouldn't the safety of any stable value fund depend upon how safe the insurance company is backing it? I'm forgetting exactly how the insurance company produce these funds.

In any event they will never be as safe as a short-term Treasury Bill fund. But the latter will pay less.

Therefore, it comes down to which you prize more -- return or safety.

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Post by vnatale » Fri Apr 17, 2020 7:39 pm

CT-Scott wrote:
Fri Apr 17, 2020 7:13 pm
No replies to my question? Bumping the thread.
Although written nearly 10 years ago this from the immortal MediumTex may be helpful to you:

viewtopic.php?f=4&t=205#p1545

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