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Old 10-26-2021, 01:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Stu from NYC View Post
When you pay taxes on the interest you earn do not see how any sort of safe debt instrument will allow you to keep up with inflation
I agree, but, if the Federal Reserve would allow the market to control interest rates, you would at least have a chance. A money market account that pays 0.01 percent is absurd.