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- Newsgroups: misc.invest
- Path: sparky!uunet!microsoft!wingnut!philco
- From: philco@microsoft.com (Phillip Cooper)
- Subject: Re: Beginner questions -- where can we go for help?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.172353.7086@microsoft.com>
- Date: 23 Nov 92 17:23:53 GMT
- Organization: Microsoft Corporation
- References: <BxxJzG.A1r@news.fai.com> <By19G4.KA2@news.cso.uiuc.edu>
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- In article <By19G4.KA2@news.cso.uiuc.edu> cs101a64@eng-nxt04.cso.uiuc.edu (cs101 student) writes:
- >In article <BxxJzG.A1r@news.fai.com> flake@flakes.ossi.com (Christopher
- >Flake) writes:
- >> Hello,
- >>
- >> It seems my wife and I have money *sitting* in our checking account.
- >>
- >> Neither of us have MBA's and neither of us have the time or desire to
- >> study-up on all the ins and outs of investing.
- >>
- >> What advise do you have for beginner investors?
- >>
- >> Thanks,
- >>
- >>
- >> Chris
- >>
- >>
- >>
- >Do NOT leave your money sitting in a checking account. Instead, use a
- >MONEY MARKET FUND. Your checking account pays no more than about 2%
- >interest (maybe even none). Also, it is only as safe as the bank behind
- >it, which may have made risky leveraged buyout loans.
-
- Why do you say this?? If anything, your money in a money market fund is
- less safe. It is not FDIC insured.
-
- <text deleted>
-
- >money market
- >funds have relatively competitive yields and can't be beaten by banks for
- >yield or safety.
-
- Again, this is wrong. Banks are much safer (assuming you keep the total
- dollar amount in any one institution under $100,000). Also, nearly any
- bank CD is going to beat a money market fund in terms of yield.
-