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Originally Posted by UncleWede
Dang, that's like 5.02% higher than the current 12-month I'm sitting on at the CU (which, incidentally, I don't think is FDIC insured)
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It’s possible to have all cash, aka “checking account”, in a Fidelity cash management account earning mid-4% in a money market fund. A Fidelity cash management account functions almost identically as a traditional bank or credit union checking account. I am not aware of anything a Fidelity cash management account can’t do that a bank or CU account can do. So in practical terms they are functionally the same. The difference is the yield that can be earned in a 4+% MM fund vs a nearly zero % checking account.
I use Fidelity for everything, full stop.
I don’t work for Fidelity and have nothing to gain from sharing these thoughts. I have found it to be a far better way to manage day to day cash while earning some return on it.