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> put rainy day money away into fungible assets. Savings accounts probably aren't great Could you elaborate? Do you feel that the returns on savings accounts
by wtracy 7y ago
> put rainy day money away into fungible assets. Savings accounts probably aren't great
Could you elaborate? Do you feel that the returns on savings accounts are too low?
What do you recommend instead? (I'm not looking for a very specific answer here.)
I would think that you would want emergency money to go into something that isn't very volatile, and savings accounts or money market account are the first things that come to mind.
(I've been very disappointed by what I've seen of CDs. If you hunt around, you can find savings accounts with interest rates that beat any CD I've seen, and they don't have an early withdrawal penalty.)
- jtmarl1n 7y agoThe online savings and money market accounts are the best I have found as well. Also shared your experience with CD rates while looking at them. No point to going down that road unless you need to make it harder for yourself to withdraw money. Depending on your health insurance situation tax advantage of HSA accounts as well even though they are less fungible.
- lbotos 7y agolinks to these savings accounts > 2% that don't have any "deposit 200/m" or "need to be over x balance for 12mo to get the interest?
- astura 7y agohttps://www.doctorofcredit.com/high-interest-savings-to-get/ https://www.doctorofcredit.com/high-interest-savings-to-get/
- iudqnolq 7y agoAlly Bank offers 1.6 APY if you want a bigger name with a good reputation that still offers decent rates. And I don't think more than a few months expenses should be in savings anyway (as opposed to ETFs)
- celestialcheese 7y agoFed rate dropped - but up until a month or two ago, there were a number of banks. Discover, Wealthfront, Marcus by GS. Right now the rate i'm seeing everywhere without crazy requirements and no minimums is ~1.7%