Comments on: ING Direct Electric Orange Interest Rate Drops to 0.5% APY! http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2008/12/17/ing-direct-electric-orange-interest-rate-drops-to-05-apy/ 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. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:42:00 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Flexo http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2008/12/17/ing-direct-electric-orange-interest-rate-drops-to-05-apy/#comment-186775 Flexo Fri, 19 Dec 2008 22:31:47 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=4847#comment-186775 gt: That's right, I edited the post to clarify. gt: That’s right, I edited the post to clarify.

]]> By: gt http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2008/12/17/ing-direct-electric-orange-interest-rate-drops-to-05-apy/#comment-186773 gt Fri, 19 Dec 2008 22:25:19 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=4847#comment-186773 hmm, this is not correct. if your balance is above 50k, lets say 50001, your entire balance earns 2.85%, not just the $1 hmm, this is not correct. if your balance is above 50k, lets say 50001, your entire balance earns 2.85%, not just the $1

]]> By: Flexo http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2008/12/17/ing-direct-electric-orange-interest-rate-drops-to-05-apy/#comment-186750 Flexo Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:11:56 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=4847#comment-186750 Sara: Referral links posted on Consumerism Commentary are being used more slowly, but I may need more in a few weeks. Sara: Referral links posted on Consumerism Commentary are being used more slowly, but I may need more in a few weeks.

]]> By: Sara http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2008/12/17/ing-direct-electric-orange-interest-rate-drops-to-05-apy/#comment-186746 Sara Thu, 18 Dec 2008 17:41:10 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=4847#comment-186746 Darn it! This is going to make it even harder to get takers on my ING referral links... I've shared a few, though btw, Flexo, I'm eagerly awaiting your accepting those again... Darn it! This is going to make it even harder to get takers on my ING referral links… I’ve shared a few, though

btw, Flexo, I’m eagerly awaiting your accepting those again…

]]> By: castocreations http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2008/12/17/ing-direct-electric-orange-interest-rate-drops-to-05-apy/#comment-186745 castocreations Thu, 18 Dec 2008 15:49:09 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=4847#comment-186745 I don't have the checking account but I do have the savings. I hope their savings amounts don't drop too low. It's so nice to see the interest amounts compared to my credit union savings. I don’t have the checking account but I do have the savings. I hope their savings amounts don’t drop too low. It’s so nice to see the interest amounts compared to my credit union savings.

]]> By: vilkri http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2008/12/17/ing-direct-electric-orange-interest-rate-drops-to-05-apy/#comment-186743 vilkri Thu, 18 Dec 2008 15:03:19 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=4847#comment-186743 As I was commenting in yesterday's post, banks seem to have plenty of cash these days. There are just sitting on it. They probably don't trust their own abilities to find worthy lenders now. As I was commenting in yesterday’s post, banks seem to have plenty of cash these days. There are just sitting on it. They probably don’t trust their own abilities to find worthy lenders now.

]]> By: waterMARK http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2008/12/17/ing-direct-electric-orange-interest-rate-drops-to-05-apy/#comment-186741 waterMARK Thu, 18 Dec 2008 06:59:09 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=4847#comment-186741 Thanks for the heads up. Unfortunately I'm a bit shy of the $50,000 tier. I'm accepting donations. Thanks for the heads up. Unfortunately I’m a bit shy of the $50,000 tier. I’m accepting donations.

]]> By: William http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2008/12/17/ing-direct-electric-orange-interest-rate-drops-to-05-apy/#comment-186737 William Thu, 18 Dec 2008 03:38:41 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=4847#comment-186737 For now, at least, it's easy enough to keep up with inflation: http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm As long as prices keep going down, ANY interest is a winning bet! And like you said - any relatively safe investment is increasingly hard to find. For now, at least, it’s easy enough to keep up with inflation:

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm

As long as prices keep going down, ANY interest is a winning bet! And like you said – any relatively safe investment is increasingly hard to find.

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