Investing is a great way to have money set aside for retirement and a money market account is a great way to earn some extra interest money on your emergency cash fund. Like any investment you need to consider the security of your investment. Is your investment in a money market account safe? The simple answer is YES. Typically money invested into money market accounts will be safe and protected as most of the companies offering them are backed by the FDIC. However money invested into a money … [Read more...]
Exposed: Famous Banks With The Worst Fees & How to Bank Fee-Free
Take a step into your metropolitan “downtown” district. Take notice of the largest buildings in that district. Whose names are on those buildings? Shocking that they usually are names of very large banking institutions! Interesting how banks who seem to have very large physical presences, have some of the highest fees for banking. Below is a chart of the 16 banks with the most U.S. deposits, and how much they made in fees on these deposit accounts during 2008. The right-most column is a … [Read more...]
