While cash was king for much of 2007, yields on instruments such as money-market accounts and certificates of deposit have dropped along with short-term interest rates.

由于2007年大多数时候都是“现金为王”，货币市场和储蓄存款市场都随着短期利率的下降而下降了。

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BBB normally invests at least 80% of the fund's assets in floating rate loans and other floating rate instruments and money market instruments with a remaining maturity of 60 days or less.

投资者基金(BBB基金评级)在一般情况下会把至少百分之八十的资产投入到浮息贷款和其它一些浮息工具以及债项到期时间少于或等于六十天的货币工具。

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On the other side are investors who buy money market and debt instruments.

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The investment choices available: Large corporations typically limit investment choices to mutual funds, bonds and money-market instruments.

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One consequence: a higher proportion of wealth-management products must be invested in highly liquid money-market and bond-market instruments, which offer lower returns.

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