American Express Bank continues to offer competitive interest rates on their FDIC insured bank CDs and high yield savings accounts.  The American Express CDs have several different maturities to choose from and as of this week, the one year CD and two year CD from American Express are among the top ten highest CD rates [...]

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Choice Financial continues to offer one of the best short term certificate of deposit rates available in the national market.  Choice Financial is not often listed as having one of the best CD rates available.  The bank offers a certificate of deposit rate promotion that often slips under the radar because of the odd month [...]

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The highest bank savings account rates dropped rather measurably for the week ending October 29, 2009.  The average of the top ten best bank savings accounts rates was down two basis points or 2/100 of a percent from the previous week.  The interest rate decrease brought the average yield down to 1.81% from 1.83% in [...]

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The best bank savings rates fell modestly for the week ending October 16, 2009.  The average of the top ten best bank savings account rates was down two basis points or 2/100 of a percent for the week ending October 16, 2009.
The highest savings account rate available nationally remained stable.  ShoreBank Direct continues to offer [...]

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In these turbulent markets it would be prudent to position yourself  to be able to better ride out a bit of an economic challenge by reducing debt as much as possible and devising a spending plan that, even if it means some sacrifice, that allows for an increase in personal savings.  Banks are a bastion [...]

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Do the expansion of internet banking, many internet banks have offered high yield savings accounts to attract customers.  Because these banks will often have lower cost of operations, they are able to maintain these higher payouts or higher interest rates on certain online savings accounts and money market accounts.  The growth of these online banks [...]

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One advantage of a fixed rate certificate of deposit over a money market account, high yield savings account or bond mutual fund is that you know exactly what the interest rate will be over the term of the CD.  Most bank CDs are for a fixed rate and a fixed term.  Money market accounts, savings [...]

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