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The Bank of Internet USA Delivers High Yielding Money Market Account

April 4, 2008
By MoneyRates team | Money-Rates Columnist

The Bank of Internet USA has been providing top-tier deposit rates on the internet for a very long time. Never that far off from the list of top rates in the country, this week The Bank of Internet USA is offering a Money Market Savings Account with a yield of 3.90% for all balances over [...]

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Calvert Insured Account

August 1, 2007
By MoneyRates team | Money-Rates Columnist

The Calvert Insured Plus Account is a federally insured money market account that is offered by a mutual fund management. Sound confusing? Calvert Funds makes this product available by utilizing Acacia Federal Savings Bank (Falls Church, VA), Shorebank Pacific (Ilwaco, WA), and Shorebank (Chicago, IL) as participating banks and offers insurance up to $200,000 per [...]

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Bank Money Markets Accounts (MMA) vs Mutual Fund Money Market Funds (MMF)

July 3, 2007
By MoneyRates team | Money-Rates Columnist

Today’s relatively flat yield curve (short term rates just slightly lower than long term rates) creates an environment where bank money market accounts or mutual fund money market funds are an attractive investment for the safety-oriented investor. Currently the national average on a bank money market is 4.14% compared to the average on a mutual [...]

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