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• Instruments or investments that are easily turned into cash and are so safe that they are virtually as good as cash. Examples are money market funds, Treasury bills, and stable value funds.

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  American Psychological Association (APA)

  Cash Equivalents. (n.d.). SCRS Glossary. Retrieved June 10, 2023, from website: http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/cash-equivalents.

  Chicago Manual of Style (CMS)

  Cash Equivalents. www.retirement.sc.gov. SCRS Glossary. South Carolina Retirement Systems. http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/cash-equivalents (accessed: June 10, 2023).

  Modern Language Association (MLA)

  "Cash Equivalents." SCRS Glossary. South Carolina Retirement Systems. 10 June. 2023 http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/cash-equivalents.

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