Hi everyone. Thanks for listening to another weekly edition of the Money Girl

Podcast. I'm Laura Adams, author of the award-winning book Money Girls Smart Moves to Grow

Rich.

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One of the most uncomfortable things about investing is that it involves risk.

We all want to make money, but no one likes the idea of potentially losing some or all of it. However, there are limited protections

that investors have against loss. In this episode I'll answer a listener question

and tell you what systems are in place to keep your investments safe up to

certain limits.

A money girl reader named Julie asks, I'm looking for insurance to protect my investments from losing value.

I've heard that the FDIC protects your money when a bank goes out of business.

Is there something similar for retirement accounts?

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