As of 5 pm EST 9/04/2024, here are the highest rates available at either Charles Schwab brokerage and/or Vanguard brokerage for non-callable, new-issue brokered CDs with terms of 3-month, 6-month, 9-month, 1-year, 18-month, 2-year, 3-year, 4-year, and 5-year:
3-month: 4.95% (Flushing Bank NY, Merchants Bank of Indiana IN, Valley National Bank NJ)
6-month: 4.70% (SouthState Bank NA FL, State Bank of India IL), 4.65% (Associated Bank NA WI, Hingham Institution for Savings MA, LendingClub Bank NA UT, Valley National Bank NJ)
9-month: 4.50% (Associated Bank NA WI)
1-year: 4.35% (LendingClub Bank NA UT, MSB, MSPB, SCHW, SouthState Bank NA FL)
18-month: 4.15% (Israel Discount Bank NY, LendingClub Bank NA UT, MSB, MSPB)
2-year: 4.00% (Israel Discount Bank NY, LendingClub Bank NA UT, MSB, MSPB)
3-year: 3.90% (MSB, MSPB)
4-year: 3.85% (MSB, MSPB), 3.80% (UBS - monthly)
5-year: 3.80% (MSB, MSPB), 3.75% (UBS - monthly)
Large issuers abbreviations:
BofA => Bank of America, NC; GSB => Goldman Sachs Bank USA, NY;
MSB => Morgan Stanley Bank, UT; MSPB => Morgan Stanley Private Bank, NY;
SCHW => Charles Schwab Bank, TX; UBS => UBS Bank USA, UT; WF=> Wells Fargo Bank, SD.
Notes: If you want to lock in 5% CDs now, you have to look for those rates nationally or locally available via Direct Bank or Credit Union. There are not many with durations over 1-year.
For those staying liquid, expecting a one and done recalibration cut in September, or expecting multiple cuts not to materialize until next year, or waiting for the yield curve to steepen (longer rates to rise) and/or waiting for the bond vigilantes to appear, demanding higher longer rates, here are the previous ten weekly 4-week T-bill auctions most recently yielding investment rates: 5.263%, 5.335%, 5.355%, 5.381%, 5.381%, 5.381%, 5.365%, 5.365%, 5.375%, 5.365%.
As of August 28, ICI reported to the Federal Reserve that $6.26 trillion of cash is parked in money market funds. This is an increase of $21.05 billion from the prior week. Current Money Market yields at Vanguard are (VMFXX (Settlement fund) 5.25%, VUSXX 5.24%, VMRXX 5.26%).