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Wells Fargo Secured Credit Card

Posted in December 2nd, 2009

The Wells Fargo secured credit card is one of the many credit cards offered by Wells Fargo Bank, one of the top five largest banks in the U.S. This credit card works like any other credit card, and can be used wherever bank credit cards are accepted or more specifically, wherever Visa credit card are [...]

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CD Rate Updates

CD Interest Rates Continue to Fall July 19, 2010

National certificate of deposit rates once again moved lower for the week ending July 16, 2010. According to the most recent survey of bank CD rates performed by Selectcdrates.com, CD interest rates were lower for three of the five CD maturities measured and remained unchanged for the remaining two terms.
The average of the top [...]

Bank CD Interest Rates June 21, 2010

Certificate of deposit interest rates were just fractionally lower for the week ending June 18, 2010 based on the survey of bank CD rates performed by Selectcdrates.com. National CD rates for the three month, six month and two year maturities ended the week unchanged from the prior week. The one year and five [...]

Bank Certificate of Deposit Rates June 14, 2010

Certificate of deposit interest rates ended the week on June 11th with mixed results across the various maturities. The average yield for the five year CD rates ended with a gain on the week while the six month and one year term CDs remained unchanged. Unfortunately, the average rate on the top ten [...]

Banking & CD FAQs

I received a check payable to both my spouse and myself. Do both of us have to endorse or sign the back of the check?

If a check is issued to you and your wife, the check is payable to all payees. It must be endorsed and negotiated by all of them. If the check were issued to you or your wife, the check is payable to each payee. It may be endorsed and negotiated by either

What is a callable CD?

Some longer term high yielding CDs have “call” features, meaning that the issuing bank may choose to terminate or call the CD after a fixed period of time. Only the issuing bank may call a CD and not the investor. For example, a bank might decide to call its high-yield CDs if

What should someone invest his or her short-term savings in?

Short term savings should be liquid, which means they should be easily turned into cash. Short-term savings should be secure and not be subject to the loss of principal. To meet these requirements the best products are FDIC insured bank products such as money market deposit accounts, short term CDS, and savings accounts

Are money-market funds getting dragged down by the subprime crisis?

The funds can invest only in the highest-quality securities, so they can’t buy subprime debt. Some funds have bought commercial paper [short-term debt] from structured investment vehicles [SIVs] that hold subprime mortgages. What is making people jittery is that another batch of SIVs is on watch for a credit downgrade. So, while

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