I’ve updated the list of high-yield savings and checking accounts to reflect the latest rates. The latest decrease was not limited to ING Direct. Have you moved your savings around lately?
I’ve updated the list of high-yield savings and checking accounts to reflect the latest rates. The latest decrease was not limited to ING Direct. Have you moved your savings around lately?
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8:54 pm (reply)
I locked some nice rates last week when I built a 5 year CD ladder. :)
Everything was between 4.91-5.16%. That’s not bad right now.
9:04 pm (reply)
I was @ the bank 2 days back. The banker said that he could offer 0.25% more than the posted rates for a CD. The CD rate was not bad, comparable to the posts here and worth investing in anyway. Note – I did not ask him for higher rates, from my talk it appeared that I was a person with decent money :))). So advise to all, do not hesitate to ask for more interest. On 5% APY, additional 0.25% is huge, it is 20%. I do not want to mention the bank name though, will say it is one of the very large ones, not affected by home subprime problems.