How to invest $50,000 in 2025 to generate safe income

Yields on cash are cooling, but investors who want to earn a little interest on money they need to keep safe still have options in 2025. The Federal Reserve, which convenes for its final two-day meeting of 2024 on Tuesday, is broadly expected to trim interest rates by a quarter point, bringing its target range […]

It’s easy to get 5% yields. How to soften the tax hit on your big income payers

Uncle Sam is about to take his share of those juicy yields you’ve been earning through 2023. This year, investors didn’t have to work terribly hard to get paid high yields from their income-paying investments. The Crane 100 Money Fund Index touts an annualized 7-day yield of 5.2%. For those willing to sacrifice some liquidity, […]