microadvert.net- Money-market funds used to be boring -- and investors loved them that way. You could earn bank-beating yields with little risk, even if the funds weren't backed by FDIC insurance.
Then came the financial crisis, which put the lock-tight safety of some funds in doubt, followeNow the Securities and Exchange Commission is talking about new rules for money-market funds, which could make you rethink where you put money you want to keep safe. But for the time being, you're often better off holding cash elsewhere.
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