. -- the yielder 12% is over 12%. serious pay.ous, when we will be able make that, the government says they need to get the economy going. that is making people very nervous. betty: it is becoming a hot potato with lots of people weighing in. the obama administration is talking about maybe adjusting some bankruptcy laws. to taking a look at dollar yen. the chinese yen jumped in value overnight. it is a light jump. this is the dollar losing value against the chinese yen. it is looking into lower capital control. interest half of its gains in mid-august. the move is way too small to have any meaningful economic impact. it must be a sigh of relief though. he yuan is jumping, i would assume it is helping the reserves in china. betty: you can see all the starts and more on twitter. scarlett: i want to bring in our guests. michelle meyer, for make of america maryland. michelle, good to see you. betty: the big data point is everyone was so focused on the employment cost index and it was fairly unremarkable and subdued. movin

so if all of your portfolio was made up of these high yielders, you lost a lot of money, even though the first half of 2013 whole. we're going to get more interest rate spikes. you've got to diversify. by that logic, your 401(k), do you want to invest in the same salary? that would mean you're putting your savings in the same basket as your paycheck. what if you worked for enron or eastman kodak for less unsavory examples or any other company that goes under? you lose your job and retirement savings. it's lose-lose. do you think it's conjecture? i used to have a radio show and i got a lot of calls telling me to stop bashing enron. why? because the callers had a ton of i explained perhaps they needed to diversify away from enron. each time i heard how they got discounts or how such a great company was too terrific to tell or that it was down so much, they couldn't sell. then one day it was gone. but many people have made this argument before and the company stock is still the number one investment. you probably feel like you understand the company you work for. i'm telling you, that d