Current:Home > MyThe dangers of money market funds -Trailblazer Capital Learning
The dangers of money market funds
View
Date:2025-04-13 16:25:44
In a world where the average yield on a traditional savings account is low and it's not always easy to cash in higher-yielding investments, many are flocking to the money market fund. These funds have amassed over $5 trillion in assets. But what makes them so special?
Today, we break down the essential things to know about money market funds, why they're important to the financial system, and why a potential debt default could destabilize this crucial piece of infrastructure.
Music by Drop Electric. Find us: Facebook / Newsletter.
Subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Casts and NPR One.
veryGood! (25)
Related
- Paige Bueckers vs. Hannah Hidalgo highlights women's basketball games to watch
- Sam Bankman-Fried plans to testify at his New York fraud trial, his lawyer says
- UAW expands strike to General Motors' largest factory, where SUVs including the Chevy Tahoe are made
- Ozempic for kids? Pharma manufactures test weight loss drugs for children as young as 6
- Highlights from Trump’s interview with Time magazine
- Rams cut veteran kicker Brett Maher after three misses during Sunday's loss to Steelers
- Orlando to buy Pulse nightclub site to build memorial after emotional pleas from shooting survivors
- Poland’s Tusk visits Brussels, seeking initiative in repairing ties with EU and unlocking funds
- Arkansas State Police probe death of woman found after officer
- Texas sues Biden administration seeking to stop federal agents from cutting razor wire on border
Ranking
- Why members of two of EPA's influential science advisory committees were let go
- Man freed after being trapped in New York City jewelry store vault overnight for 10 hours
- Venezuelan government escalates attacks on opposition’s primary election as turnout tops forecast
- Olympic gold medalist Tara Lipinski and husband Todd Kapostasy welcome baby via surrogate
- What to watch: O Jolie night
- Giants set to hire Padres' Bob Melvin as their new manager
- Teen Mom's Jenelle Evans Responds After Husband David Eason Reportedly Charged With Child Abuse
- Leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah holds talks with senior Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad figures
Recommendation
Rolling Loud 2024: Lineup, how to stream the world's largest hip hop music festival
Mother leaves her 2 babies inside idling unlocked car while she goes to a bar
Cheryl Burke Confronts Former Bachelorette Host Chris Harrison Over Claim He Called Her a Sloppy Drunk
Man trapped in jewelry vault overnight is freed when timer opens the chamber as scheduled
Macy's says employee who allegedly hid $150 million in expenses had no major 'impact'
Poison specialist and former medical resident at Mayo Clinic is charged with poisoning his wife
AI-generated child sexual abuse images could flood the internet. A watchdog is calling for action
Kelsea Ballerini and Chase Stokes Are Feeling Obsessed at TIME100 Next 2023 Red Carpet Event