Replace Your Savings with Tax-Free T-Bill Fund
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Your savings account is safe, boring, and getting quietly eaten by taxes and inflation. Vanguard’s new tax-friendly T‑bill ETF gives your idle cash a promotion. Same low risk, but state and local tax free. This post breaks down how that Instagram carousel turns a tweet into a simple, do-this-now money move.
How to Use It
Park short‑term cash you do not need today in a T‑bill ETF, keep true emergencies in checking, and reinvest dividends automatically so your “savings account” quietly compounds.
Why a Tax‑Free T‑Bill Fund Can Replace Savings
- The slides highlight VBIL owning 0–3 month Treasury bills, so price movement is tiny while yield beats most banks.
- Treasury interest is exempt from state and local tax, which the graphics call out as free extra return.
- No $3,000 minimum like VUSXX, making the fund feel as accessible as a checking account.
- The chart image shows a steady stair‑step growth line, visually selling “safe, predictable income.”
- Monthly dividends mimic bank interest, but with stock‑like flexibility to buy and sell anytime in your brokerage.
Real‑World Ways People Apply This
Vanguard lets investors move paycheck leftovers into its 0–3 Month Treasury Bill ETF so cash earns yield instead of rotting in savings.
iShares offers its SGOV ETF as a competing ultra‑short Treasury fund that many savers use as a tax‑efficient cash bucket.