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12/31/2009 |
12/31/2008 |
01/01/2008 |
| Cash and banks |
138,994 |
124,789 |
61,729 |
| Banking deposit certificates |
98,106 |
252,901 |
4,449 |
| Fixed-income investment funds |
778,505 |
359,190 |
503,428 |
|
1,015,605 |
736,880 |
569,606 |
Bank deposit certificates (CDBs) earn an average of 101.5% of the CDI interbank rate (9.84% in 2009). CDBs are issued by first-line banks with daily liquidity, guaranteed buyback, floating interest rates based on the CDI rate, have daily valuation, are registered with the Cetip clearing corporation and have immediate and total access.
Fixed-income investment funds are represented by shares in exclusive investment funds whose assets are mainly CDBs and government bonds which have immediate and total access.