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Manulife enhances 529 college savings product. (New Products and Services).


Manulife Enhances 529 College Savings Product: The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company (USA) has announced new features to its Manulife College Savings product, a 529 plan. The company's stable-principal portfolio has switched from a money-market fund money-market fund, type of mutual fund that invests in high-yielding, short-term money-market instruments, such as U.S. government securities, commercial paper, and certificates of deposit.  to short- and intermediate-term Intermediate-term

Typically one-ten years.


intermediate-term

Of or relating to an investment with an expected holding period somewhere between short-term and long-term.
 fixed-income funds protected by an insurance wrap to preserve stability of principal.
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Date:Aug 1, 2003
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