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View treasuries by maturity
To view treasuries by maturity
Login → All accounts → More → Analysis → Hover on “Fixed Income Analysis” → Choose “Fixed Income Analysis Tool” → A separate windows pops up
You can also go there via https://oltx.fidelity.com/ftgw/fbc/ofoltx/bondCDAnalysis
Sort by the Maturity column
turn on push notifications
To turn on the push notifications from Fidelity app in Android
Settings → Notifications → App notifications → Select Fidelity → Slide right
why fidelity
- Automatic sweep of uninvested cash into money market funds
- FWIW, this is not available in Schwab. [asof | 2023-09-21]
- Customer service is great. [today | 2023-09-22, 2024-02-20]
- Treasuries can be automatically rolled over. [today | 2023-12-29]
- [today | 2024-02-20] It has a cool feature called “Full View” wherein you can add all your other accounts (brokerage, 401k, bank accounts etc.,) and track your net worth. It is free.
Fidelity vs. Schwab
- Fidelity offers true treasury autoroll with no time out of the market. Schwab keeps your money out of the market 1 week and gives no interest.
- Fidelity will autoliquidate retail money market funds to settle withdrawals, ACH payments and security purchases. So you can keep money in a higher yielding money market fund instead of a settlement fund. Schwab does not offer this, and requires a manual sale of a money market fund.
Core positions
Account | core positions available |
---|---|
Brokerage | FCASH, FZFXX, SPAXX |
CMA | FCASH |
Account | core position I am using | asof |
---|---|---|
Brokerage | FZFXX | 2023-08-18 |
CMA | FCASH | 2023-08-18 |
Fund | Name | url | notes |
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FZFXX | Fidelity Treasury Money Market Fund | https://fundresearch.fidelity.com/mutual-funds/ratings/316341304 | |
SPAXX | Fidelity Government Money Market Fund | https://fundresearch.fidelity.com/mutual-funds/summary/31617H102 | |
FZCXX | Fidelity Government Money Market Fund | https://fundresearch.fidelity.com/mutual-funds/summary/31617H706 | came across it from https://thefinancebuff.com/fidelity-cash-management-checking-savings.html |
Fund | 7-Day Yield (%) | Expense ratio (bps) | minimum investment ($) | asof |
---|---|---|---|---|
FZFXX | 4.97 | 42 | 0 | 2023-08-17 |
SPAXX | 4.97 | 42 | 0 | 2023-08-17 |
FZCXX | 5.07 | 36 | 100,000 | 2023-08-17 |
Fund | invests in | last checked |
---|---|---|
FZFXX |
| 2023-08-18 |
SPAXX |
| 2023-08-18 |
FZCXX |
| 2023-08-18 |
This information can be obtained by going to the fund's page (ex:- https://fundresearch.fidelity.com/mutual-funds/summary/316341304) → Summary → “Composition by Instrument” table
links I came across
- tags | core position
- You can use https://accountmaint.fidelity.com/ftgw/Profile/custpref/divncapg/init to change how 'dividends and capital gains' are handled.
- https://www.fidelity.com/learning-center/trading-investing/weekly-market-update - Weekly market update
linking a bank account
On 2023-07-xx, I tried to link CFCU checking account to Fidelity brokerage account in order to do an EFT (Electronic Funds Transfer). But I could not do it since Fidelity is asking for CFCU account's credentials. It is asking for this even when I chose “Enter my bank information on my own” instead of choosing “Log into my bank account with Plaid”.
This issue seems to be specific to (Fidelity, CFCU). I was able to link accounts at other banks such as TD Bank, Capitalone to Fidelity without any issues.
I am not comfortable giving my bank account credentials to Fidelity.
Solution 1: I called Fidelity the customer service. The representatives suggested to fill out a paper form, scan it and mail it to them. This form can be found as follows:
Login into fidelity.com → search for 'forms' in the top right 'Search or get a quote' bar → click on 'Online Forms and Applications' → All Forms → pg-6 → Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) → Download the PDF
Solution 2: Work around it by transferring money to a different bank (ex:- CFCU → Capitalone → Fidelity).
securing the account
- Enable two factor authentication
- Turn on money transfer lockdown
See also:
videos I came across
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7QR_zfdj8o - Why Fidelity Remains a Private Company