Although there is also the risk of loss, it can be said that it is extremely low. If there is demand, you can buy it from Alipay, which is more suitable for cautious investors.
At present, the balance treasure in Alipay is the money fund, and you can get the corresponding income by directly depositing the funds into the balance treasure.
Monetary fund is an open-end fund that collects idle social funds, is operated by fund managers and kept by fund custodians. It specializes in investing in low-risk money market instruments, which is different from other types of open-end funds. It has the characteristics of high security, high liquidity, stable income and "quasi-savings".
The assets of the Monetary Fund are mainly invested in short-term monetary instruments (generally within one year, with an average term of 120 days), such as treasury bonds, central bank bills, commercial bills, bank time deposit certificates, government short-term bonds, corporate bonds (with high credit rating), interbank deposits and other short-term securities.
In fact, the investment scope of these money market funds are all varieties with high safety factor and stable income. Therefore, for many enterprises and individuals who want to avoid the risks in the securities market, money market funds are a natural haven. Under normal circumstances, you can get higher income than the interest on bank deposits, but the money fund can't guarantee the safety of the principal. (But in fact, due to the nature of funds, money funds rarely lose their principal in reality. Generally speaking, money funds are regarded as cash equivalents. )
Product characteristics
1. Principal security: Most money market funds have the lowest risk among all kinds of funds. Money fund contracts generally do not guarantee principal security, but in fact, due to the nature of funds, money funds rarely lose principal in reality. Generally speaking, money funds are regarded as cash equivalents.
2. Strong liquidity: liquidity can be comparable to demand deposits. The fund is easy to buy and sell, with short time to receive funds and high liquidity. Generally, the funds will arrive in a day or two after redemption. At present, some fund companies have opened the instant redemption business of money funds, which can be received on the same day.
3. Higher yield: Most money market funds generally have the income level of national debt investment. Money market funds can not only invest in investment tools that ordinary institutions can invest in, such as exchange repurchase, but also enter the inter-bank bond and repurchase market and the central bank bill market for investment. Its annual net rate of return can generally be compared with the one-year time deposit interest rate, which is higher than the income level of bank deposits in the same period.