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yakers · 05-18-2007, 05:19 PM

My MIL has a fund she is closing out and wants something safe with a reasonable return. She had this in a Symetra annuity which is being closed at no cost, was returning about 4%. The Capital One CD rate is 4.75%, her financial ‘advisor’ at Washington Mutual is recommending a Hanford Floating Rate Trust(HFLIX) which is paying 6.1% right now and this fund needs to be held for 1 yr or there is a 1% penalty.
This seems pretty reasonable, she should not need the funds for a year or more and this is a good rate and it looks fairly safe although not FDIC anything.. Are these bank loan funds a reasonable thing for her to hold? This is about 20% of her financial assets, not counting her home which she is in the process of selling.

05-18-2007, 05:19 PM	#1
yakers Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 1,770	My MIL has a fund she is closing out and wants something safe with a reasonable return. She had this in a Symetra annuity which is being closed at no cost, was returning about 4%. The Capital One CD rate is 4.75%, her financial ‘advisor’ at Washington Mutual is recommending a Hanford Floating Rate Trust(HFLIX) which is paying 6.1% right now and this fund needs to be held for 1 yr or there is a 1% penalty. This seems pretty reasonable, she should not need the funds for a year or more and this is a good rate and it looks fairly safe although not FDIC anything.. Are these bank loan funds a reasonable thing for her to hold? This is about 20% of her financial assets, not counting her home which she is in the process of selling. __________________ “There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” - Albert Einstein