Best place to park cash for intermediate periods?

you can lose your money overnight in any type of deposit/application/etc.

there's no such thing as a safe place to park cash.

welcome to the jungle.

here's what i do.

i put my idle cash into three different 1st tier bank accounts which pay about inflation interest and have government backing in case of a bank default, but obviously I am very far from being safe.

just forget about the whole ETF idea, you're increasing your risk many times over in exchange for a couple of basis points on your money.

bonds? they're are safe as drunk driving.
 
thanks


i am afraid you are probably right...during the last collapse everything seemed correlated. The only exception was probably the dollar and treasury bonds, which were correlated but inversely so.

The problem with moving into those is by the time i do they will already be inflated (as they are at the current moment).
 
Quote from HuggieBear:

I knew i could turn to ETers for some solid advice on this matter.

I thought it was a pretty simple question...i would think there would be one of the bond etfs that would make sense in this situation, rather than straight cash.


Suppose i better go somewhere and ask someone who knows something about bonds then.... :cool:
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ok huggiebear,

sorry for being cheeky. in my 401k, 35% of my holdings are in a pimco bond fund PTRAX. it has a solid track record. hopefully this helps!

https://ibd.morningstar.com/quickta...CN=JPM321&view=snapshot&valid=NO&ticker=PTRAX
 
FDIC guaranteed bank CDs. Everbank pays something like 2% annualized for new checking accounts, the CDs might be even better
 
Quote from lindq:

Worst post ever.

Like anyone knows when a downturn is going to turn into a rally, and you're stuck holding an inverse ETF?

Impossible to time the market.

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It's certainly possible to time the market. Your accuracy may not be so great, but you can time it.
 
Sorry to hijack your thread.. but it kinda relates..

I'm thinking of opening an account with Schwab and heard (will confirm with them) that they have decent interest rates.. I will be depositing a sizeable (albeit no huge) amount. Does anyone have an account with Schwab at all? They are a safe place to park cash, but there are probably better alternatives, but most likely no available to me since I live in Australia and will be opening an account through their international service.. I need atm/card withdrawals and check (not essential but a bonus) which they offer.. card is no fee aswell which is nice!

Cheers!
 
there is a plenty of small,local banks FDIC insured with money markets @ 2%. i have some money in MM @ beneficial savings(PA) on my son's name. 2%,first $900 will be exempt(child earned income)
everything else is way too dangerous\unpredictable(corp.bonds)
govt bonds pays nothing with much less flexibility compared to MM.
evantage,america net banks paying 2% on MM
 
There is also Build America Bonds in large municipalities that are unlikely to fail but I'm not sure they are liquid or how to buy them
 
The best place to park cash is in cash. The whole point of cash is to be zero volatility, very low-risk, liquid funds available immediately. Putting it into risky volatile assets like corporate bonds, or even money market funds, makes no sense at all - for a bit of extra yield you go from near zero risk to much higher risk.
 
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