Happy Holidays and a Personal Finance Roundup
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How To Benefit from the Right Savings Accounts
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Deflation? Hyperinflation? What Do I Do?
I completely adore tuning into talk radio stations. It’s hucksterism at its most entertaining – the promoting of fear is palpable and the line in between content and commerical is so blurry I can’t tell if the host is on an economic rant or attempting to sell me on a gold broker. Regardless of whether you think this kind of talk display hosts are the scourge of the earth or a vital supply of talking reality to energy (I’m not in both camp, really), there is one reality that you can get away from all of it: no one knows… Read the whole article...Categories: Money Tags: Economic Collapse, Economy, Emerging Markets, Fear, Hyperinflation, Rant, Savings Accounts, Stocks, Verge
ETrade Bank Savings Accounts now by Discover Bank?
Just got this e-mail from regarding my ETrade Bank online savings account: We are writing to let you know that your E*TRADE Bank account referenced above will soon be transferred to Discover Bank, and become a Discover Online Savings Account. This follows our plan to focus more exclusively on providing optimal investing solutions to our customers. We expect the transfer to occur on or about March 7, 2010. Discover Bank sounds okay from what I’ve read, and the APY on my whopping 3 cent balance will go up from 0.50% to 1.35% APY, but the only reason I… Read the whole article...Categories: Money Tags: Apy, Bank Accounts, Commercials, Discover Bank, E Mail, E Trade, Lt, Savings Account, Savings Accounts, Sounds
Savings Accounts vs. CDs: Where to Keep Your Money in 2010?
If you’re a savvy investor, you most certainly have a fair bit of cash tucked away for general spending and emergencies. The stock market is a long term investment and if 2009 taught us anything, it was to not have money you need to spend in the stock market. So where do you put the money you don’t want in the stock market? There’s 3 main options to place your cash and get it FDIC insured for up to $250,000. You can put your money in a checking account where you have fast and easy access to funds. You can… Read the whole article...Categories: Uncategorized Tags: 80s, Banks, Cd Rates, Certificate Of Deposit, Certificates Of Deposit, Checking Account, Easy Access, Emergencies, Fdic, Interest Rates, Investment Account, Long Term Investment, Money Savings, Savings Account, Savings Accounts, Spending Money, Stock Market, Unemployment Rate
Bank Accounts: When More is More
Share This Photo: Daniel Y. Go Everyone knows by now that long-term retirement planning is important, right? And you probably have some sort of budget or other system for planning daily, weekly, and monthly expenses. Great. Glad to hear it. But what about those medium-term, medium-size expenses like vacation, car repair, furniture, and holiday spending? You know, the expenses that always seem to bite you in the ass? Here’s my strategy: every time I get bitten, I open a new savings or checking account to collect… Read the whole article...Categories: Uncategorized Tags: Bank Accounts, Banks, Brokerage Accounts, Car Repair, Checking Account, Desk, Holiday Spending, Interface, Monthly Expenses, Paperwork, Retirement Planning, Savings Account, Savings Accounts
Personal Finance 101: What Does FDIC Insurance Really Mean?
Categories: Money Tags: Bank Failures, Certificates Of Deposit, Checking Accounts, Deposit Money, Fdic Insurance, Fdic Insured, Federal Deposit Insurance, Insurance Policies, Local Bank, Money Market Accounts, Personal Finance, Safe Deposit Box, Savings Accounts, Stocks Bonds, Treasuries