A one half percent rise in interest rates will reduce total returns by 2.5% (2% yield - 2.5% capital loss = a loss for the year). The only way the F fund can beat a 2% total return during the next year is for interest rates to continue to decline below the 2% level for the 5-7 year duration securities it holds.
16. Grumpy Cat has totally changed her owners' lives. Iâve been waitressing for 10 years, barely making ends meet, Tabatha says. Now I get to travel with the cat, and Iâm homeschooling Crystal, so we get to spend more time together.
The Bushes' orange-striped polydactyl cat Ernie was judged too wild for White House life and now lives with a family in California. In 2004, the President gave his wife Laura a Scottish terrier puppy named Miss Beazley for the First Lady's birthday.