With over 850 species, the genus Nomada is one of the largest genera in the entire family Apidae, and the largest genus of cleptoparasitic cuckoo bees.. They occur worldwide, and utilize many different types of bees as hosts, primarily the genus Andrena.
In an earlier article, I wrote about the iShares FTSE NAREIT Mortgage Fund ETF (NYSEARCA: REM) as a good way to generate income in an environment where interest rates are low, and yields on investment grade bonds are quite possibly at long-time lows.hile I initially thought that an ETF would be a more attractive investment because of the diversification, I found that the performance of REM significantly lagged the performance of both AGNC and NLY over all periods analyzed.
The Stable Value Fund (SVF) is one of. the investment options offered in the. ConocoPhillips Savings Plan. The SVF seeks. to preserve principal and provide returns. that, over time, exceed the returns on bank. savings accounts and money market funds. The SVF also seeks to provide a return that is. less volatile than the return on a fixed income. portfolio of comparable quality and duration. Unlike some stable value funds that have. a constant net asset value (NAV) of $1, the. ConocoPhillips Stable Value Fund has a fluctuating. NAV.