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4 rental properties & home paid off, no mortgages/loans. 30 years old. What should I invest in with an additional $100k? (Advice Needed)
Interest on $ held pending orders and prior to settlements
Seeking Feedback to Build a Strong and Diverse Portfolio - Any Advice?
Is it safe to leave a large amount of money in fidelity?
Is there a better money market alternative to SPAXX?
Government default impact to bond-invested money market funds?
Started Managing My Own Money After Parent Lost 46% of Roth IRA
Money Market vs. Cash? What's the difference? Also, what are current cash (and equiv) yields on Fidelity, Vanguard, Etrade, etc?
Money Market vs. Cash? What's the difference? Also, what are current cash (and equiv) yields on Fidelity, Vanguard, Etrade, etc?
If you're on Fidelity, what's the best money market fund?
Why would you use FCASH instead of SPAXX or FZFXX for Fidelity core position?
What stocks or funds can I add to optimize and strengthen my portfolio?
I just noticed my Fidelity SPAXX account has $130 in it. Can I re-invest this to my Roth?
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It really depends on market sentiment and conditions and how much risk I feel like taking on at any given time. Back in 2022 I was selling premium back when VIX was higher because premiums were much more juicy than they are now that VIX is lower. I was using about 15k to make about $300-$500 a month off blue chip stocks worth holding which is great. That same 15k now would only stretch to about $200-$300 even on super risky stocks I don’t want to hold long time. Lately, I have been using a small account of $500 to buy month dated options and taking profits anywhere from 20%-50% whenever I reach that amount because I don’t feel like right now it’s worth risking that 15k to make half of what I was before. That 15k is just sitting in cash right now and I’m thinking of throwing it into my LT portfolio when the time is right but I have it in SPAXX in Fidelity to at least collect some interest while it sits.
Interesting on the SPAXX.. Ive got an account with Fidelity already.. guess I'll go see about moving $ into that.
I’m in the same boat, sitting around 70% in SPAXX
Fidelity's money market fund SPAXX has an expense ratio of 0.42% (gross/net) and their FDRXX government cash reserves fund has an expense ratio of 0.27 (net) From what I understand, SPAXX is available to non-retirement accounts, and FDRXX is available to retirement accounts. SPAXX shows a yield of 4.74% and FDRXX is 4.76% You could also open a high yield savings with an online bank like CIT and get up to 4.85%
SPAXX Fidelity® Government Money Market Fund 4.74%
I opened a Roth IRA at Fidelity this year, found out they stick uninvested cash in SPAXX. Thought that was pretty nifty.
the 7 day yield on SPAXX (Fidelity Government Money Market Fund) is 4.74%
I use VMFXX - but there are several other treasury or US govt. money market funds that are more or less equivalent, paying 5% or so. (SPAXX is the fidelity equivalent). They aren’t FDIC insured, but they are backed by the FF&C of the US in the same way that the FDIC is, so essentially they are as risk free as you can get. To the extent that the MMFs hold treasuries, they will be exempt from state taxes, if that’s relevant for you. Most of the MMFs offered by the big brokerages are governmental funds (this didn’t use to be the case) , but do make sure that that’s what you’re getting; a “prime” MMF refers to a fund that invests primarily in corporate (rather than government) debt; they are considered to be slightly less safe. Also a money market account (MMA) isn’t quite the same as a MMF, and typically pays significantly less interest.
What's the rate in your savings account? 7 day yield on Fidelity SPAXX is 4.74% right now. HYSA at Ally are around there too. Something like that is probably your best bet until rates go down.
other person is right, vanguards mmf looks better, but will charge extra fee in fidelity. and Fidelity has that nasty .40% fee on SPAXX🤮 I'm going for USFR
The funds are still in SPAXX until settlement.
I bought some zero coupon treasuries through fidelity for my IRA. SPAXX is my cash position there so it’s almost as good, for now. As for buying tbills and ibonds outside of my IRA, I just buy them directly from the U.S. treasury.
Huh, seems like a better version of SPAXX based on that expense ratio
You can open an account at Fidelity with no minimum. They even have promos where if you deposit $100 and leave it there for some amount of time (90 days?) They'll give you $50 or $100. The core position is a MM fund called SPAXX. Vangard's VMFXX has a $3k minimum, but that doesn't apply when it's your core position. There are decently yielding MM funds easily available online with no minimum. Lots of people have figured this out and are opting out of banks.
Idk it just says my core position in my taxable brokerage account is in SPAXX and the current 7 day yield on it is 4.2%. Chat with one of the regards on fidelty website they should be able to clarify for you.
How is your SPAXX 4.2% do you need a certain kind of account to get that? Should I call and ask? I’m pretty sure my cash position isn’t earning 4.2%
Is there a Merrill Lynch equivalent of VMFXX or SPAXX (money market)?
Is there an equivalent MM fund to VUSXX that can be purchased at Fidelity? VUSXX seems to be closed to new investors. I'm in the Federal 24% tax bracket and live in California, and am currently in SPAXX but I hear it isn't very tax efficient. Would FZFXX be the best for Fidelity currently, in my situation?
I know there have been a lot of threads about this lately, but am still fairly unclear what the best option(s) are. I have around \~140k in an Ally HYSA which gets 3.40% and is taxable. I also have a fidelity brokerage account which I could use if I go money market route. I'm in Massachusetts, so state tax is at 5%. I've heard some people recommending various funds like: \- SPRXX \- SPAXX \- VUSXX \- Keep it in a HYSA What's the best choice, and why? Thanks!
Most of the advice in this thread is way too complicated. Your next steps are simple: 1. Open an account with a major brokerage like Fidelity. 2. Transfer your cash and you’ll immediately earn >4% in their default money market fund, (e.g. SPAXX at Fidelity). Boom, your income went up by about $15k per year to help offset inflation and you’re still fully liquid. 3. Talk to a CFP at your broker. It’s a “free” consultation (since you just deposited $350k) and they’ll help you set up a financial plan to make it through retirement. These folks are on the sell side so they may bring up products like a PMA (professionally managed account) or fixed income accounts. Listen to the info, decide later. At this point you’ve stopped most of the bleeding on your cash value and you should have a better understanding of your expenses and expected income during retirement. Now you’re in a good position to make actual investment decisions. Don’t try to become an investing genius over night. There’s way too much to learn. Make it a “hobby” in retirement and take your time. In the near to medium term I’d recommend two things: First, do not pay down your mortgage. It makes no financial sense. You’re paying 3.5% on the debt but making over 4% just to hold cash. Mortgage interest is tax deductible, which offsets the tax on the 4% earned. You literally make money by not paying down that debt. You can only improve from there and figure out how to either make more than 4% on your money, pay less taxes on those gains or some combination of both. Second, start figuring out where to move your cash. Interest rates will likely continue to climb or stay at current levels for somewhere between a few months and a few years but at some point interest rates will fall and holding cash will be very expansive. No one knows when that transition will occur, how long it will take or what the path will look like but if you wait for the whole thing to play out you will have missed out on a lot of potential upside. So find one fund or instrument that can tap into market upside and DCA in over time. Set up a scheduled transfer to make it automatic and non-emotional. I like Fidelity’s basic PMA product if I had to pick one place to put after-tax money. It’s actively managed, highly diversified and it generates a healthy dose of tax losses. Those traits make it well worth the small management fee imo but of course ymmv. I think the days of blindly buying the S&P or total market plus some bonds and making a steady 5-10% per year aren’t coming back for a long time — years or even a decade — so I think active management is a necessity. This hasn’t been true for the last decade or so and I think many investors are having a difficult time adjusting to a new cycle where the old rules no longer apply. Anyway, just my 2 cents. Best of luck in your retirement!
I don't feel like going down the rabbit hole but it seems like SPAXX is the best? Highest yield and has some agency bonds and whatnot, albeit with infinitesimally more risk. u/darkice81
By definition there is only one “safe” investment - it is the treasury bill/bond. In finance it’s literally called the “risk free rate” against which all other investments are measured. Luckily for you, it currently pays upwards of 4% which is the highest rate in decades. The easiest way to avail of it would be using a money market fund such as SPAXX if you have a fidelity brokerage account, of VMFXX if Vanguard. An additional benefit it they’re liquid - it’s the default “cash position” if you have uninvested funds in the trading account. If you feel like the stock or bond market has bottomed you can easily toss it fully or partially into a non- risk free fund. Good luck!
I too would like to know this as I was thinking the same thing (I have a HYSA with etrade at 3.5%). I recently changed my core position and was given the option of either SPAXX or FDRXX and chose the latter. SPAXX: 4.31% compound effective yield with .42% net expense ratio = 3.89% FDRXX: 4.3% compound effective yield with .27% net expense ratio = 4.03% I am but a humble noob so if i'm incorrect or this is not the right way to analyze this type of thing, someone more experience please say so.
Honestly, the best thing you can do first is pick a % of this you will set aside to follow more responsible financial guidance... generally that would look something like this: 1. Pay off high interest debt (over 3-4%) 2. Establish emergency fund of 3-6mo expenses (can open a high yield savings acct if you want to optimize this further) 3. Invest in tax-advantaged methods (401k/Roth IRA/IRA/HSA) 4. Pay off low interest debt 5. Non-tax advantaged investment (e.g. brokerage acct, CDs) Importantly though is you should use some of it on yourself if you aren't immediately hurting for cash on hand. You are young and the difference between investing $5k or $4.5k is not going to matter much in 30 years and $500 now will get you a lot more happiness than that same money growing over that time. Just pick a number of what you'll spend on yourself and stick to it. I'd recommend $200-$500 as your fun money here and follow the above guidance for the rest. Go buy that thing you've been wanting or some good food or whatever. If you want to save some of this for retirement and don't have accounts already, open a ROTH IRA and brokerage accts in fidelity or vanguard and leave what you want as cash in a money market account in the brokerage one (e.g SPAXX at fidelity is giving 4.2%) and transfer into IRA for tax-advantaged retirement investment.
For those with Fidelity, are you better off with cash in your account than using a HYSA like Ally? Looks like SPAXX is paying over 4%, am I reading this correctly? Ally is only 3.4%. Am I missing something here?
Yes. It's the default account where all your uninvested cash sits. It's probably SPAXX, but could be an FDIC insured account. Just look at your account positions and you should see $100 sitting in something.
The idea is to invest it so it earns tax free. That said, if your sweep account is SPAXX, you'll make about 4% on your cash until rates change.
If you just leave it in cash, it's more than likely sitting in SPAXX earning 4.2%.
Yes, one of the core accounts available is SPAXX, a money market mutual fund that is paying a little over 4% currently.
Should be a government money market account at your brokerage. SPAXX at Fidelity is earning about 4% currently, for example.
Im getting 4.22 on fidelity under SPAXX and I dont need to pay a monthly fee
Right now that SPAXX rate looks very good for savings if it holds up. Discover, which I have, is lagging right now. I have Wealthfront (4.55% boosted, 4.05% regular) and Robinhood Gold (4.15%) Use this link to sign up for a Wealthfront Cash Account and we’ll both get +0.50% on the current APY! https://www.wealthfront.com/c/affiliates/invited/AFFA-OB6H-5R7R-7SVS
Fyi SPAXX is the default for brokerage sweep but they have other money market funds with a higher yield. SPRXX pays a bit more and has no minimum investment requirements. There are others that pay more but have min requirements.
I hold most of the cash I need yesterday in SPAXX as well as what I need tomorrow. I use a Fidelity bill pay account for most things and just let my dividends hit the sweep account (SPAXX). I have about 20k in a CD ladder for a few more basis points, but it's starting to seem like too much trouble for an extra 10 bucks a year.
Fidelity SPAXX just said 4.15% on my login screen. It's my sweep fund, so all my deposits and dividends default to that.
Your original scheme: Spend $200 in a week on that CC, then use the $200 cash "saved" to buy T-bills. Spend another $200 in week 2, then buy another $200 of T-bill. This is tedious and very inefficient. Since no place allows you to buy T-bills on a credit card, see if said promo comes with a convenience check, so you could spend the entire $4K or $10K on the T-bills immediately. What I did today: Wrote a convenience check for $18K (0% APR for 12 months with a 3% "cash advance fee") and deposited in my Fidelity account (which defaults into SPAXX) earning 4.2% and my plan is to sell a few far OTM CSPs a month to earn an extra $100 monthly. See details here: [https://www.reddit.com/r/thetagang/comments/115mqyd/free\_money\_low\_time\_and\_effort\_scheme/?sort=new](https://www.reddit.com/r/thetagang/comments/115mqyd/free_money_low_time_and_effort_scheme/?sort=new) gl
Almost any of the money market especially in treasuries (most are mutual funds not ETFs). Even shitty SPAXX paying 4% on 7 day yield.
I have no idea what SPAXX is. I don't see a ticker for it so I'm not sure what you are talking about. Treasuries, I have bought a few short term treasuries (3 & 6 months) but the smallest amount available for purchase was $25,000. I don't trade them often so not sure if you can get in for less money but at least with the time period I was looking at, I could not. My intent with them is to hold until expiration so I'm not worried about selling them. BIL / BILS are nice and simple, have a ticker for easy buy and sell and you can buy whatever amount you want and sell easily if you need to. For long term or larger amounts, I would probably buy treasuries directly but for short duration or lower dollar amounts, they work well. Difference between them is BIL is based on 1-3 month treasuries and BILS is based on 3-12 month treasuries and pays slightly more.
Fidelity automatically uses SPAXX but there are options for others. I think you can margin against t bills as well but I prefer to stay more liquid.
At fidelity you can buy SPRXX (4.35%) or FZDXX (4.47%) if you have 100k, both are better than SPAXX. Also, the expense ratio is irrelevant because the 7 day yield is calculated post-expenses. Typically the Vanguard money markets are a bit better than everyone else though.
> SPAXX (a random money market fund) is paying 3.96% right now. FYI, SPAXX hit 4.22% on Friday ;) https://institutional.fidelity.com/app/funds-and-products/458/fidelity-government-money-market-fund-spaxx.html
Schwab/TDA may not be the best broker for the way that you trade if you don't have pm account. Brokers like Schwab/TDA stopped doing a money market sweep because of redemption liquidity with money market funds during the 2008 crisis. Based on how you described your trading, if you are reg-t - you may find Fidelity a better choice for a broker. Especially if you are following Tasty's approach and you normally BTC your option positions. Unless you have a negotiated option commission/fee with TDA, the option commission/fee schedule with Fidelity may actually be better. Fidelity uses a capped option commission/fee schedule so btc is usually commission free. And if you are write low premium derivatives, the commission/fee is capped per contract based on the value of the premium. But more importantly for your original question, Fidelity is one of the only retail brokers that I'm aware that offers a mmf sweep so your uninvested funds would be earning about the same yield as BIL. Fidelity core position can sit in SPAXX. As of 2/16 - 7-day yield on SPAXX is 4.2% vs BILL 7-day yield of 4.17%. And you wouldn't have to deal with manual sweeps or settlement related lag issues. I use TDA because TDA's pm margin requirements are better than Fidelity's pm. But I also use Fidelity because for certain option strategies, Fidelity works a bit better. For example, option fills on some wide options spreads are simpler on Fidelity than TDA because I can generally expect price improvements on Fidelity which I don't get on TDA.
Fidelity has multiple core positions you choose from, SPAXX being the default currently at 4.2%: https://www.fidelity.com/go/manage-cash-rising-costs Schwab has higher rates up to 4.6%, but less liquidity as you have to exit the position the day before: https://www.schwab.com/cash-investments Not sure about TD Ameritrade, E-trade, IB, etc. Fidelity and Schwab are the two I went with
Using Fidelity SPAXX gets you 4.2%
It really depends on your personal situation and credit availability. There isn't really a "better" or a "best". It all depends on your situation. Is this your emergency fund? Where you might suddenly need access to the majority of the money on short notice? Then you might be best off in a money market fund. If you have room on your credit cards to charge an emergency for a few weeks, then 4-week T-Bills would also make sense. Is this your "6 months of living expenses" money, where you almost certainly don't need all of the money at once? If so, then setting up a 6 month T-Bill ladder is probably going to be best. However, it's worth noting that this is all a very minor optimization: * [SPAXX](https://fundresearch.fidelity.com/mutual-funds/summary/31617H102) (a random money market fund) is paying 3.96% right now. * [4-week T-Bills](https://www.ustreasuryyieldcurve.com/) - 4.6% * [6-month T-Bills](https://www.ustreasuryyieldcurve.com/) - 5.0% For $10,000 the difference between the best and the worst of these is $104/yr. Maybe that's worth a lot of hassle for you, but maybe it isn't. It's also worth investigating whether or not a T-Bill ETF be the right approach. You might "lose" money in the short term, but as long as you keep your duration short, then your "price + dividends" amount shouldn't really be at much risk of losing money.
In Fidelity, I believe the default position is the money market fund SPAXX. So when you transfer money to Fidelity it goes into that fund automatically and starts earning about 4.2% currently
>Also T bills are exempt from state income tax (IIRC SPAXX is not since its an MMMF) which helps yields if a person lives n a high tax state such as CA or NY
Went so fucking heavy on SPAXX. Cash gang be paying better then 4 percent. 
I do not. I have a veriety of target-date funds, SPAXX, and the options I listed in the post.
What Municipal Bond fund are you looking at? When I look at [MUB](https://www.ishares.com/us/products/239766/ishares-national-amtfree-muni-bond-etf), for example, I'm seeing a 30 day SEC yield of 2.85% [SPAXX](https://fundresearch.fidelity.com/mutual-funds/composition/31617H102) is reporting a 7-day yield of 3.96%. I believe both of these are fair to compare because: * They are both annualized percentages based off of recent performance * They are both the returns net expenses So, the after-tax earnings of SPAXX, if you are in the 37% tax bracket would be: 3.96% * 63% = 2.4948% So MUB the interest kicked off would would be ~0.35% higher for MUB than SPAXX.
Fidelity offers several money market funds with different investment objectives and risk profiles. The choice of which fund to use will depend on your mom's investment goals, risk tolerance, and time horizon. Here are a few things to consider when evaluating Fidelity's money market funds: Investment objective: Fidelity's money market funds have different investment objectives, such as seeking to preserve capital, generate income, or maintain a stable net asset value (NAV). It's important to choose a fund that aligns with your mom's investment goals. Credit quality: Money market funds invest in short-term, low-risk debt securities, such as Treasury bills, commercial paper, and certificates of deposit. The credit quality of these securities can vary, and higher-yielding funds may invest in riskier securities. It's important to evaluate the credit quality of the securities held by the fund. Expense ratios: The expense ratio is the fee charged by the fund to cover operating expenses, such as management fees and administrative costs. Lower expense ratios can help maximize returns. Fidelity's FMPXX (Fidelity Government Cash Reserves) is a money market fund that invests in short-term U.S. government securities, and is designed to provide a high level of current income consistent with the preservation of capital and liquidity. This fund has a slightly higher yield than SPAXX, but also has a higher expense ratio. Other Fidelity money market funds, such as FZCXX (Fidelity Treasury Cash Reserves), invest exclusively in U.S. Treasury securities, and may have lower yields but also lower risk. It's important to note that money market funds are not FDIC-insured, and there is a risk of loss of principal. However, they are generally considered to be low-risk investments. The choice of which Fidelity money market fund to use will depend on your mom's individual investment goals, risk tolerance, and time horizon. It's always a good idea to carefully evaluate any investment before making a decision, and to consult with a financial advisor or do your own research to ensure that any investment aligns with your individual needs and objectives.
The expenses are essentially irrelevant in money market funds - since the 7 day yield is calculated net of all expenses it is all that matters. With that said SPAXX isn't the best choice at Fidelity for OP - they could buy FZDXX instead which has a 100k minimum and pays about 0.3% higher. The vanguard prime money market is usually the best/simplest option overall though for someone with a taxable Vanguard account.
I think they have a few. FDRXX and SPAXX are two.
FCASH gives an almost 0% return. You can change that core position to SPAXX or FDRXX and earn a 4% yield.
I keep some money in SPAXX but still use TBills. SPAXX charges 42 bp....like what? You can even autoroll on Fidelity and there's no commission so it's barely more work for a free \~50 bp.
Maybe this is irrelevant, but my core position in Fidelity is SPAXX and that's where my funds locked up by naked calls are. They do pay interest while the cash is held in reserve for the put.
I think you can verify that by looking at the number of SPAXX shares you have in the account and after a month the dividend from the SPAXX and compare it with the previous month.
Both but you have save first in order to have something to invest. Basically I do the following: 1. I tend to front load my retirement accounts (401K and backdoor Roth IRA). So for the first 2-3 months of the year, I basically get no paycheck and it all goes to these accounts which gets invested. 2. This brings me to what I do once I've maxed out my retirement accounts. All my paycheck goes into my Emergency Fund bucket that consists of two accounts at Fidelity grouped together: Spending and Savings. I aim to have about 9 months of expenses here with $10K in Spending and the rest in Savings. Spending has a 50% cash in SPAXX and 50% allocation to a conservative allocation. Savings is all invested in a pretty aggressive allocation. I move funds between Savings and Spending as needed. 3. When I accumulate a lot of excess money beyond the 9 months of expenses, the funds get moved to one of my dedicated brokerage accounts. I don't always keep exactly 9 months of expenses in there... it's lumpy and can go beyond that for big expenses that I know are coming, like the twice a year property tax payment, the property insurance payment, or prepping for the beginning of the year when I basically live out of savings while front loading my retirement accounts. But usually it's 9 months of expenses and the rest are moved into my brokerage accounts for long term investing. The allocation is pretty much the same as my aggressive Savings except that once it's moved to my brokerage accounts, my intention is to not move it back.
In a money market fund, the rate changes daily (that's why there is the concept of a 7-day and 30-day yield). The interest is compounded daily. That interest is accrued and then paid out monthly. So if you hold SPAXX for 5 days, you get 5 days worth of interest when the interest is paid out. In a Fidelity account, when the interest is paid out, you will see it as 2 transactions at the end of the month. One will be the dividend received transaction at the end of the month and the second will be an automatic re-investment back into the fund. So it looks like a credit and debit. And your core position will increase by the credit received.
Also - just to elaborate. A money market fund is designed like a cash equivalent which generates income. The term used is that it's not supposed to "break the buck" - meaning that 1 share should always equal at least 1 dollar. When interest rates are low, money market fund managers will waive portions of the expense so that the fund NAV doesn't go below $1. Money market funds like SPAXX are government money market funds so they hold US treasury bills, US repos, and various US government securities. So the risk is very low which is why Fidelity offers it as a default core position for you. A government money market fund can be reasonably treated like cash equivalents. However, because it's a debt instrument, it pays you interest on a monthly basis. That interest will vary.
A money market fund is a reasonable place to park money while you figure out what to do. The 7-day yield on SPAXX as of yesterday is 3.96% which is not bad.
I have about $20k in a 401k rollover at Fidelity. While I'm learning what to do with it, is there a good place for me to put the money? It looks like by default they have 100% of the money in SPAXX - Fidelity Government Money Market. Thanks!
Even when Burry was right, he was wrong for quite a while first. The bear story here is lonely and full of painful mornings. Cash gang trying to dry their tears with SPAXX dividends. It’s a sad sight.
> If so, how do I move the SPAXX funds to my other investments? A couple ways: On the left, hit Trade, it will pop up a window where you choose either "Stocks/ETFs" or "Mutual Funds" from the dropdown. In this window it will show "Cash available to trade". Enter the symbol of what you want to buy and the amount and done! Or, since you already have a position in *whatever*, you can go to Positions, then click the holding, and then Trade, and it will fill in some information for you. > I have investments in FSKAX, VOO Why both of these?
SPAXX is just the cash management part. Think of a hybrid between checking and savings account. This is where you deposit your cash before you invest it. ETFs shares, like VOO, are manually placed orders with Fidelity. If you did not place the order, it did not happen. Mutual fund shares, like FSKAX, are either manually ordered or an automatic order is created and placed weekly/monthly. If you did not create an automatic order nor manually bought shares, it did not happen.
Fidelity has what they call the "core position," which is where your uninvested cash is kept automatically, without having to take a separate step to buy the fund. This is very convenient. The two choices for the core position are [SPAXX or FZFXX](https://www.fidelity.com/mutual-funds/fidelity-funds/money-market-funds-fcash). SPAXX is the default, but I switched to FZFXX because it's getting the same rate and it's very slightly safer (to be clear, both are very safe) and has lower state taxes. FZFXX invests in short-term Treasury debt, and SPAXX invests in both short-term Treasury debt and short-term debt of government-sponsored enterprises like Fannie Mae. The latter is not backed by the full faith and credit of the government, but is considered "implicitly backed." [This PDF](https://www.fidelity.com/bin-public/060_www_fidelity_com/documents/taxes/2021-gse-letter.pdf) shows that in 2021 SPAXX was 52.90% state tax exempt and FZFXX was 74.54% state tax exempt.
At Fidelity - they offer an automatic money market sweep. What that means is that any of your funds which are uninvested are automatically placed into a government backed money market fund. This is considered a nice feature because you earn a reasonable yield on uninvested funds in a safe way. The default core position is what Fidelity calls the sweep position and it invest into SPAXX which is a government money market fund. If you want to invest - you simply buy more shares of VOO or FSKAX if you have the funds. Because the core position is an automatic sweep, the funds to purchase the new shares are automatically redeemed and you don't have to do anything regarding SPAXX. Hope that makes sense. But if you call Fidelity - their reps are super helpful and can walk you through the process on the website.
I agree. If you want FDIC you’d pick FCASH like you did with a lower yield or go with a higher yield with the government money market fund SPAXX like I did. But no transfers or trades to the cash position is key for me. Makes life simpler while maximizing returns on your cash holding.
I use SPAXX for my cash at Fidelity. It currently yields a net 3.52% (3.94% gross with a fee of 0.42%). Schwab has a money market fund you can have you cash in as well: SWVXX. It’s yield is higher and has a similar expense ratio. However, this is not an *automatic* process like at Fidelity. Fidelity automatically sweeps your cash into SPAXX or another code fund of your choice and does all the buying and selling to settle your spending via checks, withdrawals, or paying bills. It also does it automatically when you make a trade. With Schwab, you need to initiate all buys and sells yourself. They do have an automatic sweep but it yields a paltry 0.12% but is FDIC insured. However that sweep program is with brokerage accounts where as far as I know, does not have the features of the checking account. I’ve been with Schwab over 15 years so if I’m wrong, please tell me. Fidelity’s advantage is that it’s both a brokerage and checking account smashed together and these settlements happen automatically for you.
Brand new to investing. I have a Fidelity Roth IRA and am a little confused about whether my funds are actually getting allocated or not. I have investments in FSKAX, VOO, and SPAXX. It says that SPAXX is my “core position.” I think this means that when I contribute to my IRA, the funds go there first, right? Does this mean that the funds in SPAXX are unallocated? If so, how do I move the SPAXX funds to my other investments? Thank you!
If you use Fidelity and you are currently using SPRXX as a cash equivalent. You could simply keep the rest of your funds in the default core position. Fidelity offers an automatic cash sweep into government money market funds like FZFXX and SPAXX. The cash sweep would be convenient since you don't have to manually redeem the mmf to access cash. I believe that Fidelity also offers a debit card if you need immediate cash access.
CSP have a 100% non-invested cash set aside requirement. SPAXX is an established, immediately accessible money market fund used to store core position cash. Any investment, other than the now rare covered put scenario, would not qualify to secure a cash secured put.
SPAXX was actually at 3.98 on Monday, huzzah
How are you getting 3.8 or 3.9%? SPAXX is selling for $1. share. Ytd + .21 expenses are .42 https://fundresearch.fidelity.com/mutual-funds/summary/31617H102
One thing to be aware of at Fidelity is that they use SPAXX as a money maker. Expense ratio is 0.42%. Compare to VMFXX at 0.11%.
6 mos US T at 4.7% at Fidelity last time I lookes. SPAXX is 3.85%
I just started doing this at Fidelity since they're offering 3.8 or 3.9% interest via SPAXX. it beats the 3.3% interest from Ally's HYSA that it was recently sitting in
Fidelity’s default cash position SPAXX is paying 3.92% and premiums money markets are paying 4%+. CD rates are pretty decent too. I assume other brokerage companies have similar rates
The equivalent fund to VMFXX at Fidelity include - SPAXX, FDRXX, FDLXX, FZFXX - these are the zero minimum funds. If you have more capital, there are a bunch of other government money market funds. If you prefer a prime fund, there are another half dozen options. And if you prefer muni money market fund, there are another dozen options. It depends on the type of money market fund and the minimum investment.
yeah they're close in yield - it depends on what the money market is invested in. Many of them are short term bonds / tbills anyway, so buying the tbills directly essentially saves you the expense ratio (say the avg life of the money market is 56 days, that's roughly an 8-week tbill in maturity so its yield would be pretty close to what an 8wk tbill is, less the expense ratio fees of the fund). The other notable thing is that tbills are exempt from state and local taxes, so depending on how much you're rolling (im rolling a house downpayment) this can be a meaningful savings as well. Just know what you're getting into with money markets, if any are yielding higher than treasuries, they're probably dabbling in corp / muni bonds which are much riskier than the "risk-free" treasury. For comparison, SPAXX (Fidelity Govt MMRKT) is 7-day yielding 3.85%. Its essentially invested entirely in short-term govt debt (largely repo agreements on treasuries) with an avg life of 51 days. This is fully taxable income. Instead, I can directly invest in the tbills that the fund is buying anyway (at 4.52% 8wk, or a little lower for 4wk), save myself the fees, AND be exempt from state and local taxes on the income. YMMV
I just did the same for my emergency fund - was going to put it in PayPal savings since it has a 3.75% return and I already have an account there, but for ease of use and consolidating where my money is, it made more sense for me to put in in the SPAXX
What happens to Class A shares held with Fidelity when the SPAC has decided not to merge and will redeem all shares? This was announced to happen at EOD yesterday. My account still reflects that I have the shares (POW) this morning. Will the money eventually convert to SPAXX? Thx!
Hindsight is always 20/20. Had the outcome been better, you would likely not have cared about the metrics. He did all the work, you are now backseat driving. Everyone lost 20-30% last year who stayed in the game and kept trying. Your question about SPAXX generally shows you’d have lost money too. That is a federal money market account that is often Fidelity’s default choice for sweeping up settled cash. It only recently began showing any return at all as interest rates rose
That’s nice, I can’t buy in using fidelity. They have something similar, symbol SPAXX but it pays 3.89%
And FDRXX. three different funds are the default for the Roth IRA (SPAXX), Traditional IRA (FDRXX), brokerage (FZFXX) just to be confusing
I agree with everything u/wild_b_cat wrote. I believe SPAXX is the default cash fund for Fidelity Roth IRAs. It's perfectly fine. If I wanted dividends I'd just go with a fund (or mix of stocks) that have higher than average dividend yields. For example SCHD or HDV, which are two dividend funds with very different portfolios. SCHD is heavier in technology and financials whereas HDV is heavier in energy and health care, so much so that HDV was actually up last year.
No, brokerages are SIPC insured against the brokerage going under, but the investment itself isn't insured against investment risk. The money market funds being discussed here, primarily VMFXX and SPAXX primarily hold government backed securities so they're as good as the full faith and credit of the federal government, for whatever that's worth to you.
As an added bonus for those who live in high tax U.S. states, a portion of the returns from federal money market settlement funds such as SPAXX at fidelity or VMFXX at vanguard are exempt from state income tax. Last I checked, about 77-78% of VMFXX income was state exempt.
Brokered CDs (FDIC insured) and cash management at Fidelity getting 3ish% (SPAXX). Plan to go back in with VTI/VOO. I got out last year because all of the indexes were so tech-heavy. It seemed like there was no way to get away from tech, so I parked in cash at 0% return (until November when rates started going up, of course). I didn’t beat inflation, of course, but neither did the indices. I plan to return in March. Not timing, just trying to get away from the unjustified valuations in tech without having to pick individual stocks.
Open your account view positions click on SPAXX See 7-day yield
7 day yield on SPAXX is 3.87% right now, it was pretty garbo through most of last year though.
I think SPAXX is around 3.5% right now. Look at what it is on their site to verify, but I believe that fund buys Treasuries, pockets some for Fidelity, and pays out most to the client. As such, the return is subject to Treasuries. I’m going off vague memories, though. You’ll want to verify instead of basing decisions on this.