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Idle Savings Erode Your Wealth

Traditional savings accounts pay 0.41% on average while inflation runs at 2.4%. Here is how high yield savings accounts, money market accounts and other options can actually keep pace.

NOW Accounts: Overview and History Explained

NOW accounts once let savers earn interest on everyday checking funds through a legal workaround. Here is why they vanished after 2011 and what replaced them.

Are Money Market Accounts and Funds Really Safe

Money market accounts and money market funds sound alike but work very differently. One carries FDIC insurance up to $250,000, the other doesn't. Here's how to tell them apart.