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It doesn't even require a human advisor. Many banks participate in CDAR, which spreads large deposits across multiple accounts at other banks in the network. Fi
by osteele 9y ago
It doesn't even require a human advisor. Many banks participate in CDAR, which spreads large deposits across multiple accounts at other banks in the network. Fidelity isn't a bank, but their cash management feature includes checks, an ATM card, bill pay, and can send and receive ACH and wire transfers; they also implement this hack.
None of this applies to securities. Presumably you could insure them. It's not obvious to me from first principles that the cost of insurance would wipe out any incremental appreciation value, but I've never heard of anyone doing this so probably it does.
- koolba 9y agoSecurities held at a broker are usually backed by SPIC protection.