I received the following email from a reader:
“Any suggestions on what to do with money that I’d like to have earning at least a little interest but need to be able to access quickly? I’m thinking perhaps a money market, but I’m not sure where to find a good one.”
This kind of money, which commonly is an emergency fund, is what is called “chicken money”, a term I credit to Terry Savage of the Chicago Sun-Times. Chicken money is money that you cannot afford to expose to the risk of the stock market (or any other kind of similar fluctuation).
Chicken money is commonly in either money market (or similar high yield) accounts or certificates of deposit. The issue with using CDs is exactly what our reader cites–the need to be able to access it quickly. While you certainly can get money out of a CD, you pay a penalty if you do it when the certificate hasn’t matured.
That mostly leaves a money market or similar account. Loc...
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