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Market USA Federal Credit Union (0 stars) - Detailsfrom (4%, $50K) to (3%, $50K).
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Some account hopping is in the plan.
There is no place to hide!
Some account hopping is in the plan.
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2. Tuesday, September 6, 2011 - 9:03 PM
Hi Larkin,
My threshold is time-varying; was 5%, then 4%, now 3%... I doubt that I will stoop lower; i.e., below 3%. It is just not worth the RCA effort for anything below 3%. The 3% threshod is set due to my HELOC rate at 2.24% (40% of my total RCA fund is from HELOC).
The reason that I am leaving Market USA at 3% is that I have a few 4% and 3.5% inactive RCAs; so now seems to be a good time to transfer my Market USA fund over there.
Just my case. I think most, if not all, RCAs will come back to 3% pretty soon.
Best,
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My threshold is time-varying; was 5%, then 4%, now 3%... I doubt that I will stoop lower; i.e., below 3%. It is just not worth the RCA effort for anything below 3%. The 3% threshod is set due to my HELOC rate at 2.24% (40% of my total RCA fund is from HELOC).
The reason that I am leaving Market USA at 3% is that I have a few 4% and 3.5% inactive RCAs; so now seems to be a good time to transfer my Market USA fund over there.
Just my case. I think most, if not all, RCAs will come back to 3% pretty soon.
Best,
51
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3. Wednesday, September 7, 2011 - 2:26 AM
51hh,
A yen carry trade model without the FOREX risk. Assuming you have a 1M HELOC @ 2.24% how does the 1-1.5% average float reasonably compensate you at those "few 4-3.5%" active RCAs when the required min monthly transactions per institution is 10-12 with less than an avg 50k balance cap? 20 RCAs - 240 monthly transactions - max 10k annual gain. Sounds more like a frenetic accounting nightmare or a gymnastic feat of transactional swiftness and grace than a cogent investment strategy. Is the HELOC rate indexed or is it fixed as plunging deposit rates squeeze the model into fractional insignificance/obscurity/extinction?
A yen carry trade model without the FOREX risk. Assuming you have a 1M HELOC @ 2.24% how does the 1-1.5% average float reasonably compensate you at those "few 4-3.5%" active RCAs when the required min monthly transactions per institution is 10-12 with less than an avg 50k balance cap? 20 RCAs - 240 monthly transactions - max 10k annual gain. Sounds more like a frenetic accounting nightmare or a gymnastic feat of transactional swiftness and grace than a cogent investment strategy. Is the HELOC rate indexed or is it fixed as plunging deposit rates squeeze the model into fractional insignificance/obscurity/extinction?
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5. Wednesday, September 7, 2011 - 8:40 AM
I have 12 RCA's with 280K in them. I average 4.24% interest with them requiring 136 debits, combined. The debits for me are no big deal to make.
While I miss the 6% RCA days, I still have 2 accounts that are at 5.01% and 2 at 4.51%. Who knows how much longer they will last, but for now they are great to have. while the nearly $1000 per month in interest is not as nice as the $1300 of just less than a year ago. it beats the $1400 PER YEAR that the big banks are paying (.5%).
Seems to me that given today's market that 3% is better than one can get anywhere else, and maintain liquidity. I think the same argument can be made for 2 to 2 1/2 %.
So, for now, I just try to get the most I can.
While I miss the 6% RCA days, I still have 2 accounts that are at 5.01% and 2 at 4.51%. Who knows how much longer they will last, but for now they are great to have. while the nearly $1000 per month in interest is not as nice as the $1300 of just less than a year ago. it beats the $1400 PER YEAR that the big banks are paying (.5%).
Seems to me that given today's market that 3% is better than one can get anywhere else, and maintain liquidity. I think the same argument can be made for 2 to 2 1/2 %.
So, for now, I just try to get the most I can.
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