Where to keep your first $10K so it earns something real, not nothing
The four accounts that matter, roughly what they pay right now, and how to split $10,000 between them without overthinking it
Topic
savings
4 articles tagged savings.
The emergency fund: what it is, how much, where it lives
The three-month baseline, the six-month case, and why your checking account is quietly the worst place to keep it
The three-account setup most people never explain
Checking, savings, brokerage — what each account is actually for, and the boring transfers that quietly do the work
What a high-yield savings account is and how to open one this weekend
Three legitimate HYSAs paying around 4%, the transfer plumbing nobody explains, and why a money-market fund is a different animal