In my finance book, I've noticed that money market accounts and munincipal bonds are very similar (at least based upon definition). What is the difference? Thanks for explaining this.

Since this is not my area of expertise, I searched Google under the key words "'money market accounts' 'municipal bonds' difference" to get these possible sources:

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http://www.ehow.com/about_4688569_types-money-market-accounts.html
http://www.finweb.com/investing/money-market-accounts-and-mutual-funds-pt2.html
http://collegesavings.about.com/od/collegeaccountsafety/a/moneymarketrisk.htm

In the future, you can find the information you desire more quickly, if you use appropriate key words to do your own search. Also see http://hanlib.sou.edu/searchtools/.

I hope this helps. Thanks for asking.