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I Got A Pension Check Of $13.3K I Plan To Spend Over A Year. Best Place To Put It?
Chase is offering $200 to open a new Savings Account with $15K (I'll add to it) for 3 mos. Wondering if there are high yield 1 year CDs anyone might recommend.... read more
Savings Question
I have a somewhat embarrassing newb question that I can't find the answer for. With APY, is it calculated on the **initial** deposit only? In other words, if I open an account and ... read more
Cannot Verify Me Online
I tried to open a NASA Federal Credit Union account online and it was rejected because they said they couldn't verify my information. They wanted several types of documents/cards t... read more
Missing POD On CD At Bank
My mother passed away 3 months ago leaving behind no will. She felt it was rather simple as I was the only heir to the estate. Her other son(my brother) who passed away 6 years ago... read more
NCUA Insurance Coverage Penfed/Valor Merger
Valor and PedFed merged 4/1/2017. At that time I had Ira CD's totaling nearly $200K at Valor and approximately $150K at PedFed. Obviously this was a concern since NCUA coverage is ... read more
Taxes On Treasuries (Individual Vs. Bond Fund)
I live in California, and understand that I can lower my state tax burden by moving from CDs to Treasuries. Is this only true for individual treasuries owned by me, or is it also t... read more
Who Is Best Person To Contact Concerning Problems With Ways Banks Are Now Transacting Cds??
I have been purchasing CDs for the past 50 years and any and all info one needed to assure yourself exactly what the amount was, percentage being paid, what EWP would be etc. was a... read more
Address Change
My personal address has changed. How do I update?... read more
My Chase SA Was Hacked Into For $2600, Then Reversed. At One Point, They Said I Could've Been Liable.
You aren't protected by FDIC. If you don't follow their procedures, you can be stuck. I spoke to Ally where I have six figures and they were evasive, only saying every case is inve... read more
When A CD Matures,Say 12-31-17 And You Close In Maturity Date Per CD Contract And Close At 11A.M., Are You Suppose To Get Interest For 12-31-17
When a CD matures,say 12-31-17 and you close in maturity date per CD contract and close at 11a.m., are you suppose to get interest for 12-31-17 or till 12-30-17 , because you close... read more
Anyone Have Experience Using An Elder Law Attorney?
I recently found a very nice Estate Attorney who redid our Wills, POAs etc, but when I asked him what was the best way for a mother to buy a Condo for her disabled daughter and tit... read more
To Convert To Roth IRA Or Not
We are 65 and have been drawing down our taxable IRA's.(Don't need the cash, just maximize lower brackets) Trying to decide if it pays to convert to Roth's as we draw down. Current... read more
Health Savings Account Issue
For the last 5-6 years, I have been buying Health Insurance thru Obamacare. I always get an HSA Plan except this year, I mistakenly bought a non HSA plan by mistake. And I did not ... read more
FDIC Protection And Account Title
I have a few CDs and savings accounts at various banks to which I have added POD beneficiaries in order to get 250K FDIC protection per beneficiary. I had thought that simply addin... read more
Calculation Of Net Worth
For the economic gurus out there in DA land, I have a question regarding calculation of net worth, specifically as regards to IRAs and 401Ks.
Background: As we all know, popularly... read more
Has Anyone Ever Had A Missing Billpay Check That Was Never Received?
I have to pay fire dues every year and I usually pay via billpay from Ally, Discover or CapOne360.
Never had an issue until this year.
The payment is considered late after the en... read more
Where Is FILL IN Forms For Federal Taxes This Year, ??
I went to the webpage I had saved to do my federal taxes for 2017 where I just fill in the info, print it out and mail it in to them. Something is wrong. I had to register and logi... read more
Open Account As Non Resident
Dear all,
I have LLC created at Atlanta 5 years ago with SSN and already bank account at wells fargo but looking new bank with good CD rates.
I am French living in France, and see... read more
Navyfed Transfers Between External Savings Account
I know that NavyFed will deny any and all transfers (push or pull) out of their savings accounts, but I have a checking account with them. When adding an external account, it says ... read more
I Am A Victim Of ID Theft. Someone Opened A Comcast Account In My Name And It Was Turned Over To A Collection Agency
After I discovered it, I provided all the required information to have it removed from the credit bureaus . It was a lot of work and a lot of time. I had it removed abo... read more