Three-Way Tie for Year-to-Date Leader Among Money Mkt Fund Returns. According to the latest
Money Fund Intelligence XLS rankings,
three funds are tied for 1st place in YTD (year-to-date) total returns through June 30, 2007. At the half-
year mark,
Barclays Institutional MMF Inst,
Credit Suisse Inst MMF Prime A, and
Morgan Stanley Inst Liq MMP Inst all have returned 2.
65%.
American Beacon MM Select,
Janus Inst Cash Mgmt Inst,
Lehman Bros ILF MMP Inst (
and
LB Prime Inst),
MS IL Prime Inst,
Putnam Prime MM I, and
DWS MM Series Inst all trail the leaders by a mere 1 basis point with 2.
64% returns. Our
Crane Money Fund Average has returned 2.
42% (
724 taxable funds), while the
Crane 100 Money Fund Index has returned 2.
49%.
Money market funds have thoroughly outperformed bond funds year-to-date in 2007 (
see Sunday'
s "
Link of the Day", and are on course to return over 5% in 2007.