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mahatmakanejeeves

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Sat Oct 1, 2022, 07:18 AM Oct 2022

Three Ways You Can Cash In on Cash

Just in time, too, right after the third straight quarterly loss for stocks.

After more than a decade of drought, you can finally get a yield on your cash again. Here’s how.

wsj.com
Three Ways You Can Cash In on Cash
Keeping a portion of your portfolio safe and liquid no longer means settling for nothing—as long as you’re ready to move your money out of



MARKETS | THE INTELLIGENT INVESTOR

Three Ways You Can Cash In on Cash

Keeping a portion of your portfolio safe and liquid no longer means settling for nothing—as long as you’re ready to move your money out of your bank account

{video} Why Cash Is King on Wall Street Right Now

Holding cash is incredibly popular with Wall Street today. This is a major sea change from the way professional asset managers have behaved over the last decade. WSJ’s Dion Rabouin explains why cash is no longer trash. Illustration: Adele Morgan

By Jason Zweig

Sept. 30, 2022 11:10 am ET

Cash isn’t trash anymore.

With stocks—and just about every other asset—taking a beating this year, even the most aggressive investors can suddenly see the virtue of keeping some money liquid and safe from market turmoil. And, at long last, your cash can earn income you don’t need a microscope to detect.

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Three Ways You Can Cash In on Cash (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2022 OP
Paywall! Anyone that can summarize? Lettuce Be Oct 2022 #1
I know this isn't a summary, but I don't have time to read it right now, but here's a non-PW link progree Oct 2022 #2
Here is an archive for "educational" use IbogaProject Oct 2022 #3

Lettuce Be

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1. Paywall! Anyone that can summarize?
Sat Oct 1, 2022, 10:13 AM
Oct 2022

Last edited Sat Oct 1, 2022, 03:43 PM - Edit history (1)

My guess is banks are offering a slightly better interest rate for savings (better than hardly anything isn't hard to achieve).

Edit: My guess was not correct (shocking, I know). It's about I-Bonds which are new to me. Very informative. Thanks for the additional links.

progree

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2. I know this isn't a summary, but I don't have time to read it right now, but here's a non-PW link
Sat Oct 1, 2022, 12:44 PM
Oct 2022

Last edited Sat Oct 1, 2022, 01:52 PM - Edit history (1)

https://archive.ph/OvOPi

At a quick scroll-through, it looks like its almost entirely about Treasuries
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