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Low Interest Rates Got You Down? How to Boost Your Returns on Cash Savings

Most investors are far more devoted to keeping an eye on their stocks, bonds and real estate than their cash reserves. After all, why shop around for a better bank account or CD just to increase your rate of return by, say, 50 basis points (or 0.50%)? Yearly, that’s only $50 extra on $10,000.

Recently, I revisited some of my assumptions about cash management after my conversation with  on the Stay Wealthy Retirement Show. What if you could

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