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Yet having that much cash on hand comes with another problem where to keep it.

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Your first thought might be to put the money in a bank.

However, FDIC limits only protect up to $250,000 in cash, and $500,000 for joint accounts.

You dont want to risk that money.

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But finance expert Dave Ramsey offered some surprising advice in arecent YouTube video.

Im not worried about the FDIC protection, he said.

I want to deal with a bank with solid financials.

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When possible, he tries to put his cash reserves to work for him.

Were seeing as much as 1% extra, and thats a lot of money.

Its still very liquid.

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