Comments on: Savings and Checking Account Interest Yields Updated http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2007/11/01/savings-and-checking-account-interest-yields-updated/ A premiere personal finance blog, established 2003. Within, Flexo discusses his own experiences with money, and he and other authors comment on a wide range of personal finance topics. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:20:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: mikehttp://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2007/11/01/savings-and-checking-account-interest-yields-updated/#comment-127893 mike Fri, 14 Dec 2007 02:04:30 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2007/11/01/savings-and-checking-account-interest-yields-updated/#comment-127893 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. 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.

]]> By: Patrickhttp://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2007/11/01/savings-and-checking-account-interest-yields-updated/#comment-121901 Patrick Fri, 02 Nov 2007 00:54:40 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2007/11/01/savings-and-checking-account-interest-yields-updated/#comment-121901 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. 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.

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