Question

Robert wants to get serious about saving for a new car. Which account would you recommend? Why?

Cindy has been working for 8 years, and she’s built up a huge emergency fund -- $45,000, which would be 6 months of her salary. She’s hoping to earn a bit more interest than she currently is with that $45,000 just sitting in her traditional bank’s savings account. Which account would you recommend? Why?





Janelle likes to keep all her savings goals separate, so she has an account for each one, including an account to save for her college textbooks every semester. She buys books about every 6 months, with roughly $550 due each time. She likes to save the money up in installments, with auto-deposits from each of her twice monthly paychecks. She’s wondering if her online savings account, earning 0.75%, is still her best option for monthly deposits toward her textbooks. Which account would you recommend? Why?

Answer 1

1) Money Market Savings Account

2) Online Savings Account

Step-by-step explanation:

1) Money market accounts which are also known as money market savings or deposit accounts, are accounts that may give interest on a tier bases and may also give waivers on due fees if a customer is able to maintain a particular balance per month

Money market accounts are accounts that is better adapted for a customer that is able to maintain a substantial balance in their bank accounts and would like to be offered a higher interest than that which is given by a basic savings account

2) For Janelle, given that her savings duration are for a period of t months and the amount save is $550, the savings account with a high combined interest rate and flexibility is the online savings account, and given that her current online savings account earns 0.75%, which is high compared to average interest rate of online savings account, her online savings account is still her best option.