Funds Closed Columbus Day, But Competition Is Spurring Longer Hours. With the
Federal Reserve and
banking system closed on
Monday, October 8, for the Columbus Day holiday, money funds won'
t be trading. While
money funds and the money markets will be closed, stock funds and stock markets will be open.
Fewer and fewer funds have been closing early on Fridays prior to holidays recently. There appears to be a clear push towards longer trading hours among institutional money funds.
Morgan Stanley and
Lehman Brothers will be closing early, but almost all other institutional funds who have declared so far will be open all day Friday. Recently,
Barclays joined
Reserve in announcing a
"no early closings" prior to holidays policy.