So much cash, so few good places to park it

Now isn't a great time to hold onto money. PHOTO: REUTERS
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The savers are getting restless.

Running out of guaranteed ways to get meaningful returns, some people are increasingly being tempted to raid their interest-earning cash savings to load up on assets such as bitcoin, gold and stocks.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Sunday Times on August 09, 2020, with the headline So much cash, so few good places to park it. Subscribe