Best CD Rates Starting Nov 16th – Same Banks and Yields, Changing Economic Scenario
Aside from having to deal with dismal CD rates, economic developments gave consumers little to rejoice about over the past week.
Banks Maintain Top CD Rates for This Week Starting November 2nd, 2009
Economic data for the past week showed an economy that's not quite back on track yet.
Best CD Rates Get a Boost This Week with Hudson City Savings Bank
We've gotten so used to seeing the same banks with the same rates in our weekly list of best CD rates that when a bank comes and offers some of the top CD rates around, we can't help but wonder why we don't see more of these rate levels any more.
Online Banks Dominate the Best CD Rates for Week Starting October 12, 2009
The past week ended quietly for the FDIC last Friday – at least as far as bank failures are concerned. This is the first time in three months that no bank was closed over the weekend, even as the number of closures for this year nears the 100th mark.
Best CD Rates Maintained for This Week – But Are Changes Coming?
This week is crucial for banks, business groups, investors, and depositors alike as the Fed holds a two-day meeting to decide on whether it is still feasible to keep interest rates at the historically low levels they are in now – close to zero.
Another Tough Week for Savers: CD Rates Suffer Huge Cuts
While we would always want to view the glass as half-full rather than half-empty, when it comes to CD rates, it would be difficult to maintain all that optimism
Best CD Rates For The Week Starting September 14th, 2009
While CD rates in general made modest gains over the past week, these gains did not quite reflect on the highest CD rates to open this week. Top CD yields and the banks offering them remain the same for the most part, with a few changes here and there.
H&R Block Bank offers 2% APY on 6 Month CD
H&R Block Bank has a nice CD rate promotion which they have been promoting since the beginning of September.
Best CD Rates For The Week Starting Sept. 07
With CD rates falling to an all-time low last week, we thought nothing could possibly get worse. But it turns out there was more to come.
CD Rates Drop an All-Time Low
CD rates took quite a beating this week as averages for 6-month and 12-month CDs plunged to lower depths, from 1.14% to 1.10% APY and 1.41% to 1.38% APY respectively. Rate averages for long term CDs also fell, albeit only by a modest 0.01%.
Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley Battle Independent Brokerages For Wealthy Investors
U.S. Bank Acquires FBOP Corporation’s 9 Failed Banking Subsidiaries
Assessing the Impact of the FDIC’s Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program
FDIC Chairman Shelia Bair on The State of American Banking – Summary and Analysis
Citibank Credit Card Interest Skyrockets In Anticipation of Federal Regulation
Commerce Bank of Southwest Florida Fails, Becomes 123 Bank to Close in 2009
ING Direct Black Friday Special: Save ‘Til You Drop
Savers Left With Fewer Options as Hudson City Savings Lowers Top CD Rates
Wells Fargo Settles $1.4 Billion Lawsuit Regarding Auction-Rate Securities
‘Too Big To Fail’ Firms May Be Broken Down To Smaller Size
