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Hello and welcome to NerdWallet Smart Money Podcast, where we answer your money questions in 15 minutes or less.

I'm your host, Sean Piles.

This week, I'm joined by Ariel O'Shea, one of my favorite investing nerds.

Hi, Sean. I'm so happy to be here.

I'm so happy to have you.

Can you please do the honors of reading this episode's question?

Yes, so this week's question comes from Merriam in New

Hampshire and she says, I have about $3,000 sitting in a savings account that's not doing a

whole lot for me. What's the best way to make money off what's just sitting in my bank account?

I love questions like this because it's basically how can my money make me more money,

which feels like a kind of fun and

magical puzzle in a way, and it also appeals to the laziness in all of us. The question is basically,

how can you get more cash from the money you already have without having to do a whole lot?

And fortunately for you, Miriam, and our listeners, Ariel is just the person to help you answer

this question. Investing, aka making money and our listeners, Ariel is just the person to help you answer this question.

Investing, aka making money off of your money, is something Ariel has been writing about for 13 years.

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