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by drinkzima 1177 days ago
I don't understand why you would do this when short term Treasuries or money market funds exist. There are far better solutions than what you suggest.
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It really makes no sense. The bank's "cash" is really just database entries with the Fed anyway, why not loan the money to the Fed overnight (reverse repo) at 5%? The reason GP's dream doesn't exist is because MMs do effectively the same thing and pay you.