Where should you keep your emergency fund?

Dear Dave,

Is it better to keep your emergency fund in a certificate of deposit or a money market account?

- Tiffany

Dear Tiffany,

Right now, a short-term certificate of deposit (CD) pays about the same as a money market account. The problem is you're only going to make about 1 percent with either one. The good thing about a money market, though, is that there are no early withdrawal fees attached.

In my mind, an emergency fund isn't there for the purpose of making money. It needs to just sit safe and sound until it's needed. It should also be in a program where it's easily accessible and there are no stupid fees or penalties for simply using your own money.

So, yeah, savings interest rates right now are aggravating. But you don't have 3- or 4-percent-home-mortgage world without a 1-percent CD world. They kind of go together. Just remember that interest rates aren't the end game when it comes to your emergency fund. You want three to six months of expenses just sitting there, waiting for life to happen. Trust me, it will!

- Dave

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