You can find the interest rates on Bond funds by looking up the bond you are interested in sites such as Bloomberg and Yahoo Finance. If you want to sort them out by interest rate (e.g. highest first) then you can do that too.
A list of high-yield funds can be found at http://www.bloomberg.com/markets/funds/govt-corp-high-yield/. A different list can be found at http://money.usnews.com/funds/mutual-funds/rankings/high-yield-bond.
The purpose of tax free bond funds is help investors gain interest while saving on the tax. One may find out more information from the articles listed on the site "Money Control".
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You may find information on bonds funds all over the web. You may also ask a local accountant about bonds information. Many sites hold information about bond funds.
There is no 15 year treasury. There is a 10 and a 20 year. You are looking at a 15to 16 % increase based on the total of the interest rates in 2009. Maybe by 2011 you will then find some better interest rates for your 15 year treasury bond.
Know the bond's face value, then, find the bond's coupon interest rate at the time the bond was issued or bought, then, multiply the bond's face value by the coupon interest rate it had when issued, then, know when your bond's interest payments are made, finally, multiply the product of the bond's face value and interest rate by the number of months in between payments.
An annual percentage yield enables one to find out how much interest a set amount of money is earning in interest per year. Many banks and other financial institutions include an interest calculator on their websites.
Commodity funds are the ones that are linked to a commodity Index. There are various places one can find these funds. Its best to check Bloomberg Magazine or their website to find the place of interest to buy these funds.
High yield funds is a type of mutual fund that accumulates dividends quarterly. There is a plethora of information available. You can also ask your local bank for information.
Mutual funds that are considered 'the best' due to reviews from customers and professionals vary by type. There are dozens of mutual fund categories. Examples of some of the best include PIMCO for long term funds and TIAA-CREF for high-yield funds.
The online site http://www.moolanomy.com/1333/how-to-find-best-high-yield-savings-interest-rate/ will provide you with a list of of top online banks that offers high yield savings account, high interest savings account, or high yield money market account. All of these accounts are FDIC insured up to $250,000. Your principal is protected and you’re guarantee a positive nominal return on investment.
I-bonds have an annual rate of interest. The best way to find the current rate of interest for an I-bond is to go to the website www.treasurydirect.gov and look up the rate.