Not exact matches
People call that area the risk zone because your
account balances are at their
highest then — you have a lifetime of savings — and if you lose 30 percent,
like people did in 2008, you're toast.»
And if they see a
high cash
balance in any of your
accounts, they will likely ask you if you'd
like to make an appointment to sit down with one of their financial advisors.
Like our
High Interest Savings
account, there is no minimum
balance required to earn interest, and you have access to your funds if you need it.
If you have a
high -
balance savings fund that you want to keep readily accessible,
like an emergency fund or down payment for a house or car, keeping it parked in a separate savings
account can help in a few ways:
If you are not familiar with the term, then what people
like myself do with 0 %
balance transfer (BT) is that we apply for a credit card that offers 0 % introductory APR for a period of time, then either transfer
balances from
high APR cards to the 0 % APR card to save on interests, or simply deposit the money to a
high - yield savings
account like FNBO Direct to pocket the interests and pay off the remaining
balance when the offer is due.
To get the most out of your money, select a savings
account with a
high rate of return
like First IB's Money Market Savings
account which earns a 0.90 % APY (annual percentage yield) on daily
balances of $ 250,000 or less, and 1.16 % APY on
balances greater than $ 250,000.
0.20 % APY, $ 0
account minimum: The interest isn't so
high (you can get 1.00 % if your
balance is over $ 100k), but we
like Capital One 360 for their easy, no - fuss banking and probably the best mobile app.
I have made many investment mistakes (bought random individual stocks,
like Nortel) worked with mutual fund advisors I never heard back from once they got my money, and some mutual fund advisors who did seem to have my interests at heart providing me with financial plans and tweaking my portfolio regularly, but never disclosing the
high MERs or even ensuring my investments were
balanced across
accounts.
Choosing a
high yield savings
account for students isn't rocket science — although you do need to watch out for banks that advertise
higher rates but come with a catch,
like minimum
balances or a teaser rate that drops after a few months.
Generally, online savings
accounts offer
higher interest rates because there's less overhead involved than with a brick - and - mortar bank; just be sure to check if you have to meet any qualifications to get the best interest rates, such as maintaining a minimum
balance, or whether the
account has any restrictions,
like the number of allowable monthly transactions.
A low score is a big reason why your application might be rejected, but even a
high - score guy
like me has had trouble now and then if I don't pay attention to recent
account openings or closures or unusually large
balances that I haven't yet paid off.
Such contracts normally have a
high degree of risk associated with them, could be substantial in value and have a range of different insurances, warranties and the
like which also have to be taken
account of and
balanced in an appropriate manner.