Then, you can reinvest the money into a longer - term
CD at a better interest rate and continue doing the same thing each time one of your CDs matures.
Not exact matches
The borrowers would benefit from Lending Club's lower
rates compared to the high
interest and fees they were paying to banks on their credit card bills;
at the same time, investors would earn
better interest rates than on
CDs from a bank.
Sallie Mae offers
better interest rates for this option, and unlike a
CD, your money will be accessible
at any time.
You can find
CDs at a traditional bank but an online bank is likely to offer a
better interest rate on what you save.
CD investors may be reluctant to invest too much money
at one time, especially if
better interest rates may be available later.
This is no worse than getting a long - term
CD cashed
at a typical bank or credit union (and somewhat
better, if the respective
interest rates hold).
You can also automatically renew your
CD, which will take all your compounded earnings and start them over in a new
CD of your choice with Ally's current APY Choosing this option means having a potentially higher deposit
at your disposal, qualifying you for a
better interest rate.
CD investors may hesitate to invest too much money
at one time, especially if
better interest rates may be available in the near future.
I think that
at the moment
CDs are a bit of a mug's game though because you'd hardly find one that offers
better interest rates than some of the few savings accounts that still offer 1 % +
interest.
Back in the Jimmy Carter period when
interest rates were very high indeed I found a situation where my company Credit Union was seriously lagging behind in raising their lending
rates and would make me an unsecured loan
at interest rates that were
well below those being offered on
CDs by banks and brokerages.
After all, the electricity savings will provide homeowners a
better ROI than a five - year certificate of deposit (
CD)
at current
interest rates.
RateNet features graphs of current and historical
interest rate trends, plus indexes that track
interest rate movement for such products as mortgages,
CDs, and credit cards as
well as
rates at several institutions such as banks and credit unions.