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If your checking account has too much money, then you're costing yourself big-time. Money that's sitting in checking has a tendency to get spent -- even if it shouldn't be. If you have high-interest ...

Right now, my checking account has less than $100 in it -- and that's just how I like it. Thankfully, I'm not on the verge of bankruptcy. I just keep almost all of my cash in the savings portion of my ...