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Old 08-28-2006, 12:19 AM   #1
CalgaryDesi
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So I invested $2000 in TD Can Bond, and $1000 in a TD CDN money market fund last year.

1 year after, the market value is $2,017.90 in the Bond, and $1,023.55 in the money market fund.

A total of 1.38% return on investment. It's not like I have tons of money to invest, as I'm quite young.

I was shown a chart where if someone invested in the TD CDN Bond in '95 of $10,000, the market value would be $22,000 in 2005. Of course they told me that this bond is better for the long term, and short term results shouldn't be expected.

Fact is though, the money market fund did earn me a 2.355% return, and more return in REAL dollars with half the investment.

Should I sell the bonds, and invest in the money market? Of course this is small amounts of money, but I still would love your opinions on where the best place is to invest in. Stocks? Bonds? money market? t-bills?

Thanks
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