Friday, February 27, 2009

Getting The Best Money Market Accounts

By Dennis Durrel

Investing your cash can be scary specially in this disturbed economic state. One of the most well-liked ways to invest your cash is through money market accounts. They are commonly a mutual fund that you invest in shorter investments.

The plan of money market accounts is to invest while terminating the chance that each of us have to run into losses due to the market fluctuating. All money market accounts are monitored by the SEC, the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The SEC set out guidelines in the early 1940's that provide requirements as to how they may be invested. These equal rule state that an investors' money market accounts must have a Weighted Average Maturity less than 90 days, and that the funds should be distributed so that no more than 5% is dedicated to one particular issuer.

One of the most usual money market accounts securities are short-term bonds, repurchase agreements, or even commercial paper. The SEC has also stated that all securities must be liquid with a stable monetary value.

A great thing about money market accounts is that they offer the account holder a high interest rate than a traditional bank account. However, it is worth noting that for many money market accounts you might be required to maintain a minimum balance in your account, and you may only be able to have so many transactions throughout a specific statement period. - 15224

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