Rate Cut Era ✂️ What happens to SPAXX when Fed cuts rates?

september 2024 fed rate cuts

Holding cash on the sidelines in a Fidelity SPAXX money market account? You may be wondering how fed funds rate cuts impact your savings rate. Fidelity’s SPAXX government money market fund is your Fidelity.com account’s cash sweep account, where your money is held before it’s deployed into buying stocks. Thru Fidelity’s bank partner UMB Bank … Read more

What Is SPAXX in Fidelity? Everything You Need To Know

SPAXX is Fidelity’s government money market fund that’s not invested or settled. After depositing money into your account on Fidelity.com, it’s automatically placed into SPAXX as cash earning interest. From this “core position”, cash stays in SPAXX in your Fidelity money market account, earning interest (similar to an FDIC savings account) until it’s invested on … Read more

How Safe Is Fidelity Money Market Fund? Can It Drop Below $1?

Fidelity money market funds like SPAXX, SPRXX, and FDLXX, are offering yields north of 4.9%. Unsurprisingly, investors are leaving their money inside their core position rather than investing it elsewhere. Some investors on Reddit are wondering what would happen to these Fidelity money market funds in the event of a government shutdown. Specifically, how long … Read more

SPAXX vs. FDIC: Risk Comparison & Analysis

Someone asks:

Which one is best under the Roth IRA with Fidelity. SPAXX (Fidelity Government Money Market Fund) or FDIC (Insured Deposit Sweep Program)?

What’s the Difference Between SPAXX and FDIC?
SPAXX and FDIC are money market funds…