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Navy Federal EWP Waived!
Just talked to a rep, this is the LAST day to trade ANY LONGER certificate for the 15mo 5% special. They will NOT let you put it on any other shorter term. But will waive fee for a... read more
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Tax Season Is Here. Want To File Early?
If you pride yourself on filing your taxes early, and if you wake up the morning of Super Bowl Sunday and still have not filed: shame. You missed early filing by about three weeks!... read more
Alliant CU Back At It, Kicking Out Members. Watch For Snail Mail Letter.
Alliant CU members only:
Be on lookout for bad news possibly arriving in your mail. As has happened the last couple of years following their February annual meeting, Alliant is on... read more
NO POD CHANGES AFTER CD OPENING AT UFCU!!!!!
I'm freaking out. I opened a 5% CD at University FCU online, and was not given the option to add POD's. I called in and was told by a rep that I could add them later, that all I ha... read more
Bask Bank Now Adds Joint Accounts
Looks like Bask bank finally allows joint accounts... read more
6 Year Cd At Department Of Commerce Federal Credit Union
6 year cd's are hard to find, and I guess most people aren't really that gun ho for them.
Has anybody else out there bought the 6 year 4.23 percent department of Commerce federal ... read more
Primis System Problems
Just in case anyone looks here first, be aware that Primis is having problems and if you need to enter the 6-digit code each time you log in, you currently cannot log in, because t... read more
Credit Karma Average Rating Is Wrong
Average rating is 3.5 stars based on 2 reviews, but individual reviews each have 1 star. Last time I checked the average of 1 and 1 is 1, not 3.5.... read more
Another Week Of Highs For T-Bills...And T-Notes Are Now Getting In On The Action
Treasury bills and notes had another week of rising rates. I was doing some analysis for myself and was struck by the magnitude of what is going on. So, I thought I would formalize... read more
Can Cd Penalties Deduction On Taxes
Can I deduct penalities from my taxes that amount to over a thousand dollars. I have heard different answers so please try to be accurate if possible... read more
Tax Advantage Of A Treasury MMF
Money market funds don’t have FDIC coverage, but they do offer a useful alternative to savings accounts for liquidity. Although money market funds are considered extremely low-risk... read more
Brokered Non-Callable FIVE Year CDs @ 4.5%
Charles Schwab and TD Ameritrade have the following:
State Bank of India NY 4.5% CD 02/28/2028... read more
What Are Money Market Funds?
"A money market fund (MMF) is an open-ended investment fund that holds short-term debt issued by governments, banks, and large corporations..."
https://monevator.com/money-market-... read more
Fed Doves Pave Road To Higher Interest Rates?
This is an opinion piece and it's only my opinion. So right from the jump you know this is not a very important post. But I've been thinking:
I'm not really certain who is calling... read more
Emigrant Direct Clone (My Savings Direct) Ditches Top Rate Slogan
Anyone notice that as soon as Primis bank came out with their 5.03% APY savings and checking accounts for a $1 min. My Savings Direct quickly changed their slogan from "America's h... read more
Ketchup Inflation
Have you seen the price of Heinz ketchup recently? It's insane!
Kraft Heinz says during the fourth quarter, their prices in North America were 14.2% higher than a year ago.
Now ... read more
3- And 6-Month Treasury Bills Auction To Record Investment Rates Today Of 4.802% And 5.030%
3- and 6-Month Treasury bills hit new highs in today's Treasury auction with investment rates of 4.802% and 5.030%, respectively.
To put this in perspective, I will use RichardW's... read more
Never On Sunday? - Not Any Longer!
With all due respect to Melina Mercouri, this is not about her famous movie.
Instead, this is about banking. Today is Sunday; it's Super Bowl Sunday to boot. That's almost like a ... read more
Ibond Income With Respect To Decedent And Accruel Method Starting.
Hi all. This is just food for thought. When I go to my tax preparer at the end of February I will have more to share. This is as far as I know. I hope it inspires some of you.
1)I... read more