The funds' flavors include stocks, bonds and money markets.
"The Street has to do something to promote the validity of stocks, bonds and mutual funds."
Financial institutions, meanwhile, had little incentive to recommend something other than stocks, bonds or mutual funds.
Stick with stocks, bonds and mutual funds for now and learn more about the other options as you go.
It will invest the accounts in a mix of stocks, bonds and money market funds.
In short order, they spit back suggestions of how to spread their money among stocks, bonds and mutual funds.
Only 7 percent said they were investing in stocks, bonds or mutual funds.
The balance is invested directly in stocks, bonds or short-term instruments.
Families would rush to sell stocks, bonds and real estate in 1990 before the tax rate went back up again.
A well-balanced portfolio of stocks, bonds and money market accounts would probably have grown by 10 to 12 percent a year during this period.