Posts Tagged with 'bank alternatives'
April 2012
August 2011
- 25th - The Search for Higher Rates - Foreign Currency CDs
- 20th - NYT Op-Ed: Save the Savings Bond
- 10th - Options for the Elderly to Live with Today's Ultra Low Interest Rates
June 2011
September 2010
June 2010
- 3rd - Overview of Municipal Bonds and Municipal Bond Funds
- 1st - Savings Account Alternative? GE Interest Plus Corporate Notes
- 1st - High Yields Opportunities Outside of Bank Accounts
May 2010
- 30th - Money Market Funds Not Worth Owning
- 28th - Fidelity Viewpoint: Seeking Higher Yields?
- 26th - Muni Bond ETFs: Ticking Time Bomb?
- 26th - Auction of 5-year Treasury Notes Comes at Lowest Yield in 13 Months
- 26th - Short-Term Bond Funds Are Riskier Than They Used To Be
- 23rd - Immediate Annuities and Inflation
- 22nd - Custodial Accounts for Savings Bonds at Treasury Direct
- 21st - IRS Tax Questions on Inherited Savings Bonds
- 19th - Treasury doesn't offer protection for unauthorized fund transfers
- 19th - Switching from CDs to Municipal Bonds?
- 18th - Risks of Treasury Bonds
- 17th - Flexible Bond Funds in a Rising Interest Rate Environment
- 17th - High-Yield Dividend Stocks
- 15th - Investigating Realistic Expectations on Returns at LendingClub
- 14th - How to Beat the Bond Market [WSJ]
- 13th - Best Low-Risk College Savings Plan
- 12th - Investment Portfolio for Investors Who Don't Want to Own Stocks
- 12th - Tips on How to Buy Gold
- 12th - Lending Club Introduces 5-Year Personal Loans
- 11th - Comparison of CDs, Savings Bonds, TIPS and Treasury Notes
- 9th - The Key To Tax-Efficient Investing: Asset Location [Forbes]
- 8th - Looking for Income? Find the Big Dividends [WSJ]
- 7th - Long-term Investing Requires Stocks - Financial Myth?
- 7th - Pros and Cons of Fixed Annuities
- 4th - When is an annuity worth it? [CNNMoney.com]
- 3rd - How the Treasury Decides on the I Bond Fixed Rates?
- 3rd - Researching the Real Returns That Can Be Expected at Lending Club
April 2010
- 28th - The Real LendingClub Returns?
- 27th - Immediate Annuity Ladders
- 26th - Stocks: Why Investors Can Still Expect 8% Long Term [Kiplinger]
- 26th - Safer Mutual Funds That Can Avoid Big Losses in Stock Market Crashes?
- 25th - Downsides of Focusing Too Much on Bond or Stock Dividends
- 25th - Risks of Bonds When Interest Rates Rise
- 24th - Rising Interest Rates Might Be a Buy Signal for Commodities [WSJ]
- 23rd - Inflation Risk Mitigation - Usefulness of Gold?
- 22nd - Inflation Protection with TIPS ETFs
- 21st - Adding Bonds to Your Portfolio
- 19th - I Bonds Purchased in April Can Get Close to 2.33% APY for 11 Months
- 17th - Municipal Bonds - Tax Free Worth the Risks?
- 17th - Tax Implications of Gold ETFs and Other Commodity and Currency ETFs
- 16th - Warnings and Tips When Searching for Dividend Yields
- 15th - Review of Three Strategies That Use Annuities for Retirement Income
- 15th - Peer to Peer Lending - Comparing Lending Club with Prosper
- 13th - Short-Term Bonds May Actually Have More Risk Than Long-Term Bonds
- 13th - Looking for Yield? Try Agency Bonds [TheStreet]
- 12th - Gold for Your Investment Portfolio?
- 12th - Why Life Insurance Is Not an Investment [NYT]
- 12th - CD = Certificate of Disappointment, Other Alternatives?
- 11th - Mutual Bond Fund Performances and Risks
- 11th - High-Dividend Stock Investors Facing Same Issue as Bank Depositors
- 10th - Safe Ways to Boost Yield?
- 10th - Big Dividends, Big Risk in the Oil Patch [WSJ]
- 8th - Favorable Tax Treatment of Savings Bonds
- 7th - Learning about TIPS
- 5th - Keeping Deposits Safe When You Have Millions in Savings
- 3rd - Downsides of Target Date Mutual Funds
- 2nd - Buy I-Bonds Now or After May 1st?
- 1st - New Round of Funding for Prosper and Its February Statistics
- 1st - Playing commodities as interest rates rise [MarketWatch]
March 2010
- 29th - The False Safety of Bonds [NYT]
- 28th - The Risks of Rising Interest Rates [WSJ]
- 24th - Series I Savings Bonds vs the Stock Market
- 23rd - Why Not Put All Your Savings into TIPS?
- 22nd - Investing at Lending Club if Your State is Not Eligible
- 21st - Are Municipal Bonds Still a Good Investment?
- 20th - Paying Down Your Mortgage Early - Pros and Cons
- 14th - Review of Money Market Fund and Treasury Yields
- 9th - Can't Take the Low Bank Rates? Fixed income alternatives for retirees
- 7th - High Dividend Stocks - Pros and Cons
February 2010
- 28th - Update on TD AMERITRADE Bonuses
- 23rd - TIPS for Beating Inflation [MintLife Blog]
- 21st - Bond Bubble? What You Can Do About It [WSJ]
- 21st - Problems Ahead for Municipal Bond Insurers - Safety of Bonds?
- 21st - The Math in Comparing Term Life with Whole Life Insurance
- 20th - High Yields Aren't Always a Good Thing [WSJ]
- 18th - Muni Threat: Cities Weigh Chapter 9 [WSJ]
- 16th - Safe Places for You Money? Banks? Bonds? Dividend Stocks?
- 15th - Any safer way to exploit high stock dividends?
- 14th - Are Annuities Being Overhyped as a Retirement Cure-All? [WSJ]
- 14th - The Price Of Safety Just Went Up [WSJ]
- 12th - Lending Club’s Reduced Interest Rates for Borrowers
- 11th - Understanding GNMAs [Mint.com]
- 11th - What to Look For in an Online Broker [NYT]
- 8th - Brokerage Bonus: OptionsXpress $100 New Account Bonus
- 8th - Don’t count out money market mutual funds [AP]
- 6th - Fidelity's new Commission-Free iShare ETFs
- 5th - Risk-Free Investment Strategy for Retirement?
- 4th - Don’t Invest In The Stock Market [Bargaineering]
- 4th - Lending Club Update – December/January Performance [FiveCentNickel]
- 1st - Lending Club Loan Selection Criteria [FiveCentNickel]