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Robinhood.Com To Offer 3% Checking & Savings
Just read that commission free trading platform, Robinhood, will launch a new app today allowing users to setup checking and savings accounts with them that will offer 3% interest ... read more
This May Not Be The Place To Post This But I Want My Deposit Account Friends To Stay Alive And Well
Fewer than 4 out of 10 adults in the United States got flu shots last winter, the lowest rate in seven seasons and one likely reason why the 2017-18 season was the deadliest in dec... read more
Will Your IRA CD RMD Be Subject To An EWP?
As I turn 70 1/2 this year, the question is of more than academic interest to me. For those DA readers at or nearing RMD territory, it's an issue which might be worthy of inquiry.
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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
Is A 4% Inflation-Adjusted Withdrawal Prudent In Retirement?
Volumes have been written on saving for retirement, but less attention is given to spending in retirement. For years, the "4% rule" held sway. Others noted one should save 25X expe... read more
Internet Bank Divisions Of Banks
How are these regulated? Are you a depositor of the parent bank as well? Why only out-of-state residents can apply?... read more
Bond Fund Score: Me1004 1, Bozo 0.
Well, friends and neighbors I finally threw in the towel. After a long and losing battle, I cashed out 3/4 of my Vanguard bond fund (VBTLX) to satisfy the remainder of my 2018 RMD.... read more
Sometimes, It’S Bonds For The Long Run When Measured In Three-Decade Increments, Bonds Did Better Than Stocks As Recently As 2011
Maybe investors should question the dogma of “stocks for the long run.” History shows that a portfolio of bonds has outperformed stocks surprisingly often and for shockingly long p... 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
Penfed ACH Policy
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The $5,000 transfer limit for new members is only for incoming transfers. You
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