Yields Up to 5.13%; Sweep Still 0.63%
Money fund yields were up 1 bp at 5.13% on average (as measured by our Crane 100 Money Fund Index) in the week ended May 24, after being unchanged the week prior. Our Crane 100 is an average of 7-day yields for the 100 largest taxable money funds. Yields were 5.13% on 4/30, 5.14% on 3/31 and 2/29/24, 5.17% on 1/31/24, 5.20% on 12/31/23, 4.94% on 6/30/23, 4.61% on 3/31/23 and 4.05% on 12/31/22. The vast majority of money market fund assets now yield 5.0% or higher. Assets of money market funds fell by $11.8 billion last week to $6.434 trillion according to Crane Data's Money Fund Intelligence Daily. Weighted average maturities were unchanged last week. The broader Crane Money Fund Average, which includes all taxable funds tracked by Crane Data (currently 714), shows a 7-day yield of 5.03%, unchanged in the week through Friday. Prime Inst MFs were unchanged at 5.20% in the latest week. Government Inst MFs were up 1 bp at 5.11%. Treasury Inst MFs were unchanged at 5.07%. Treasury Retail MFs currently yield 4.85%, Government Retail MFs yield 4.83%, and Prime Retail MFs yield 5.03%, Tax-exempt MF 7-day yields were down 7 bps at 3.26%. According to Tuesday's Money Fund Intelligence Daily, with data as of Friday (5/24), 17 money funds (out of 835 total) yield under 3.0% with $1.0 billion in assets, or 0.0%; 108 funds yield between 3.00% and 3.99% ($135.6 billion, or 2.1%), 250 funds yield between 4.0% and 4.99% ($1.322 trillion, or 20.5%) and 460 funds now yield 5.0% or more ($4.976 trillion, or 77.3%). Our Brokerage Sweep Intelligence Index, an average of FDIC-insured cash options from major brokerages, was unchanged at 0.63%. The latest Brokerage Sweep Intelligence, with data as of May 24, shows that there were no changes over the past week, the week prior we saw the removal of TD Ameritrade from the listings pushed the averages higher (2 bps). Three of the 10 major brokerages tracked by our BSI still offer rates of 0.01% for balances of $100K (and lower tiers). These include: E*Trade, Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley. (Note: Two weeks ago we removed rates for TD Ameritrade from BSI since it completed its merger with Charles Schwab.)
