Ever wonder how much your money really earns just by sitting in the bank? That’s where annual percentage yield (APY) comes in. APY shows how much interest your money can earn in a year — and the ...

This three-letter acronym is a super important concept for upping your money management game: APY. It stands for annual percentage yield, and grasping why it matters and how it grows your wealth is ...

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Kailey Hagen has been writing about small businesses and finance for almost 10 years. Articles she's written for The Motley Fool have been syndicated to USA Today, MSN, and Yahoo! Finance. She ...