retirement
http://www.bobbrinker.com/pitopics.asp?sub=162443197&tut=947632578
This is a good site that explains RISK/REWARD and how you should weigh the two as you near retirement.
http://www.bolsard.com
Thats the site (that I know of) for commercial paper listing in the DR. It does not have as much information as it used to. It used to print what each company was paying for commercial paper of different maturities. My guess is that they dont list their interest rates anymore because rates are changing was too fast now(that should sound an alarm for you).
Are you going to put your hard earned retirement money in commercial paper of a company of the friend of a sister's hairdresser who knew a campesino named Papito?
The only local DR compnay that issues commercial paper (that i'm aware of,not talking about multinationals) that is listed in the NYSE is Tricom (ticker symbol TDR). Standard and Poor just donwgraded their commercial paper to "junk" status. If you look at their financial statements, you'll understand why. They have US$500MILLION in debt, have very poor cash flow....and in their income statement show "ZERO" for Research and Development (lie). Basically what this means is that they have a pretty good chance of defaulting on some of their debt.
Bottoom Line: according to ALL (i dont mean some or most) financial planners and those who have been investing for a long time, at retirement you should only put a small amount of your retirement funds in any single high risk instrument.