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Douglas Rice is the founder of BCV, CEO of Checkline Systems, and owner of the Rice Financial Education nonprofit. Ebony Howard is a certified public accountant and a QuickBooks ProAdvisor tax expert.

For folks seeking a low-risk way to increase their savings, both money market accounts and money market funds offer strong appeal. Despite their similar names, these two savings vehicles are very ...

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With falling interest rates and continued market volatility amid geopolitical tensions, investors may find it harder to balance risk and return – forcing many to turn to money market funds to earn a ...

While savings products largely shed yields over the past year, money-market accounts have bucked the trend with averages holding at 0.66% APY over the period, according to the latest government data.

The average money-market account pays just 0.59% this month, according to the latest government data. And while those already low returns are 5 basis points less than where they were last year, some ...