My inclination is to say that cash reserves for individuals should go back
into bank certificates of deposit, up to the maximum amounts of the FDIC insurance.
Instead of loaning it to him directly, together we went to a local bank, where I deposited $ 5,000
into a bank certificate of deposit (CD), and then the bank loaned my brother the $ 5,000, with a lien on the CD.
Not exact matches
So Mr. Roth has these clients buying
certificates of deposit from many different
banks, slicing the sums
into small enough pieces for Uncle Sam to insure their money while often raising their yield above 2 %.
My personal opinion is that you should keep contributing to your retirement plans as you always have if and when volatility hits, but you may want to reroute all your new contributions to taxable accounts
into safer havens — perhaps
into online
banks,
certificates of deposit, bonds, and tax exempt mutual funds.
While high interest savings accounts are usually the savings product
of choice by many consumers, you may actually get better yields by looking
into certificates of deposit (
bank CDs) for a touch
of diversity.
Specifically, cash is highly liquid (meaning you can convert it
into money in hand without much delay or hassle) and broadly includes relatively short term
bank certificates of deposit,
bank accounts, and money market accounts that can currently return up to 1 to 2 % annually (as
of November 2017).
We're heading
into fall and oftentimes
banks will offer seasonal promotional rates for new customers (or even existing customers) who open a CD (less commonly known as a
certificate of deposit).