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How To Play Preferred Stock As Yields Rise -- Barrons.Com
If you are searching for yield, you should now be looking at preferred stock.
Yields on many preferred issues have risen a half-percentage point or more in the past month, as inves... read more
Veridian FCU Nationwide Qualification Going Away Soon?
Currently, the only way one can qualify to join Veridian FCU if one doesn't live in their geographic area (Iowa or certain parts of Nebraska), is to have a Dwolla membership (open ... read more
Blowout CD Deals Are Not Numerous
Just laying down a marker here regarding (what I regard as) the scarcity of great, blowout, CD deals. It is very thin gruel in my view. There was Sharonview. More recently there wa... read more
Navyfed Cash Rewards Cards -- Mastercard Coming Soon
For those interested:
One of the few good things about NavyFed is their credit card offerings. If you want a cash back card without all the gimmicks of catagories, they offer a str... read more
Beware Of Cash!
I was raised with the advice "if you can't pay cash for it, don't buy it", so I've never used credit cards. I was just denied opening an online savings account with Northfield Bank... read more
Initial 8-Week Teasury Bill Auction To Be Held October 16
from Department of the Treasury Resource Center:
"Effective Tuesday, October 16, 2018, with the inaugural auction of the new benchmark 8-week Treasury bill, Treasury plans to incl... read more
Northern Bank Direct Gotchas!
Northern Bank Direct Gotchas!
How is interest calculated?
Interest is compounded monthly and credited monthly.
Promotional Money Market offer for a limited time only for NEW acc... read more
Northfield Bank Policy Change
I want to share with the DA readers a welcome development with Northfield Bank. I received a call August 22 from a CSR informing me they no longer require a credit check when openi... read more
Money Market Or Saving Account With High Interest And High Limit ACH?
Right now I use fnbodirect, 1.85% APY and 25K a day ACH transfers. I use it for occasional transfers in and out of higher rate accounts which have miniscule ACH limits. fnbodirect ... read more
ALLY BANK And ACH
I have had very good luck so far with ALLY BANK for both banking services, customer service, and ACH transfers. Most of my financial holdings limit the ACH to something relatively ... read more