Stable Value Funds, Money Market Funds, and Saving Too Much

I read Stable value funds: they look good until you look closer from The Investment Fiduciary. Stable value funds look like money market funds, until there are systematic withdrawals. When that happens, the insurance company can make a negative "market value adjustment" to the fund. If you invest in a stable value fund, make sure you are not among the last ones out.

Speaking of money market funds, Marketplace Money Economic Editor Chris Farrell declared in Fall of the Money Market

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