Brokerage firms are quietly moving their clients' cash from money-market mutual funds -- the traditional default option -- into lower-yielding bank accounts.

Readers respond to a recent column on some of the best, and worst, places to park cash right now.

ARROYO GRANDE, Calif. (MarketWatch) -- When it comes to managing idle cash, especially in the rising-interest-rate environment we're in now, the autopilot strategy that many of America's 94 million buy-and-hold investors employ for their diversified port

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (MarketWatch) -- Bank money-market accounts may have the upper hand when it comes to cash investments compared with money market mutual funds.

BOSTON (MarketWatch) -- A run of steady interest-rate hikes by the Federal Reserve has money market funds and accounts looking more attractive after years of paltry yields.

SmartMoney: Cash-based accounts -- certificates of deposit, money-market mutual funds and savings accounts -- may finally be worth a look again.

The NYSE issued a warning to brokerage firms about putting clients' cash into accounts that pay lower rates than money funds.

The Fed raised the nation's key short-term interest rate, but bank customers probably won't notice it. If the recent past is any guide, only a fraction of that increase is likely to find its way into savers' pockets.

Short-term investments with more credit risk and higher yields are luring institutional investors and giving regulated money-market funds a run for their money.

When you strip away all the nonsense, amassing wealth comes down to two key strategies.