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I-bonds or money market for Emergency Fund?

07-09-2005, 10:29 PM	#1
mangodance Dryer sheet aficionado Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 26	We have a (depleted at this point) Emergency Fund that is in a Money Market Acct. I'm wondering whether we'd be better off putting this into I-bonds given that the interest is much better and they can be cashed early with little penalty. Thoughts anyone? Potential drawbacks?

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