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1. How To Get The Best CD Rates
by Joesph Till
August 9, 2007
CDs or certificate of deposits with a longer maturity period will pay a higher rate than those with a shorter maturity. You can say that the best CD rates have the longest maturities, and many investors will even go as far to say that a certificate of deposit is the best and safest investment. There are some people who invest in a certificate of deposit to supplement their retirement income. There ...more...
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2. Highest CD Rates - July 2007
by Chris Duncan
July 25, 2007
What are the current highest CD rates? Are we in an upturn, downturn, or just coasting along? Investment rates throughout the spectrum of opportunities have never been so volatile. What are the causes? Are there any solutions? How will the highest CD rates respond?
All very good questions. Let's take them one at a time. First, where are we now? CD rates are basically still flat acr ...more...
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3. Compare Bank CD Rates across the US
by Chris Duncan
June 11, 2007
When you compare CD rates, bigger doesn't always mean bigger. Some of the largest banks in the US offer fairly low CD rates. Shouldn't they be able to afford to pay the higher CD rates? Probably, but why don't they. Simply, they don't need to.
Banks are in business to make money. They want to return as large as a profit as they can to their stockholders. You may actually be better off ...more...
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4. Tracking Historical CD Rates
by Chris Duncan
June 7, 2007
When analyzing historical CD rates, it is interesting to see what hindsight conclusions we can make. Our data only goes back to 1993, but the data might reflect our current economic models better (or at least the inflation hawks we’ve been "blessed" with). Our historical CD rate information is current as of December 31, 2006.
First, many people just like investing in short-term CDs. Inv ...more...
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5. Let the Ladder Roll: A Strategic CD Investment
by Wain Roy
April 18, 2007
Forget ordinary money market investments now. Think big and get real, for, Certificates of Deposits (CDs) is one surefire way to help your funds grow and earn high interest rates. However, there is one condition to having CDs. Your money is locked for a specific term and does not stay liquid anymore. This term generally ranges between one month and five years. If you withdraw money before its matu ...more...
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6. Invest on CDs, Step up Your Funds
by Wain Roy
April 5, 2007
For those who are trying to trace the connection between CDs and funds, let's clear it at the onset. The CDs under discussion are not the compact discs you play, but the Certificates of Deposit (CDs) that you invest on to grow your money in the bank or other financial institutions. Commonly referred to as 'money in the bank', CDs are nothing but time deposits offered by banks, credit unions o ...more...
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7. Bollinger Bands Strategies
by Steven T. Ng
March 31, 2005
The Bollinger Band theory is designed to depict the volatility of a stock. It is quite simple, being composed of a simple moving average, and its upper and lower "bands" that are 2 standard deviations away. Standard deviations are a statistical tool used to contain the majority of movement or "deviation" around an average value. Bear in mind that when you use the Bollinger Band theory, it only wor ...more...
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