Savings Square Savings Account Review

December 30, 2008 by nittany · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Savings Accounts 

The Savings Square savings account is one of the best high interest savings accounts in the country.  Savings Square online banking is a savings account product offered by Kirkpatrick Bank.
The Savings Square savings account is Kirkpatrick’s online banking savings account designed to pay a higher interest rate than a traditional banks could pay.  Why can [...]

Best 12 Month CD Rates – GMAC Bank CD Rates

December 29, 2008 by nittany · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Certificates of Deposits 

If you are looking for the best 12 month CD rates, the GMAC Bank CD rates and the Flagstar Bank CD rates offer some of the best 12 month CD rates.  There are other banks that offer higher CD rates, but I wanted to focus on nationally available certificates of deposits.
The best 12 month CD [...]

Merry Chistmas Online Banks Fans

December 25, 2008 by nittany · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Online Banks 

Merry Christmas online banks fans.  I hope that all of you have a wonderful day with your families.

Capital One CD Rates

December 23, 2008 by nittany · 1 Comment
Filed under: Certificates of Deposits 

If you are looking for the best cd rates, Capital One CD rates are some of the best rates in the the United States.  Certificates of deposits are not the first thing that you think of when you think about Capital One.  But, hopefully after you read this article, you will always lookup the Capital [...]

WTDirect Savings Account $250 Winter Bonus

December 22, 2008 by nittany · Leave a Comment
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WTDirect online banking is running a winter bonus on its savings account.  If you open a WTDirect savings account today and fund it with $50,000, WTDirect will give you an extra $250.

I am surprised by how much money WTDirect is requiring that your deposit in order to qualify for the WTDirect bank bonus.  Most online [...]

Auto Bail Out Is Bad For Taxpayers

December 21, 2008 by nittany · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Economy and Politics 

As our economy worsens, our political leaders are running around like chicken with their heads cutoff.  Instead of relying on the market to lead us to a recovery, Congress and the President are determined to spend our way out of this recession.  Unfortunately for Americans, they are spending our money.
The auto bail out announced by [...]

Tis The Season To Donate

December 18, 2008 by nittany · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Personal Finance Articles 

While you are buying Christmas gifts for your friends and families, remember that this is also your last chance to donate to charities to be able to write off these charitable donations for this year’s taxes.
In November, before Thanksgiving and the the Christmas Season, my wife and I always clean out our closets to donate [...]

Investing In Investment-Grade Corporate Bonds

December 17, 2008 by nittany · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Bonds 

Have you thought about investing in investment-grade corporate bonds?  Well, now might be the time to start thinking about investing in these bonds.
With savings interest rates declining and ten-year Treasury notes paying very low interest rates, I started looking around for better yields.  Investment-grade corporate bonds currently have an average yield of 8.4%.  This is [...]

Sanderson State Bank and Haven Trust Bank Fail

December 13, 2008 by nittany · Leave a Comment
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This morning when I woke up I learned that the number of failed banks is now 25 for 2008.  Sanderson State Bank in Texas and Haven Trust Bank is Georgia failed.  The state banking regulators in Texas and Georgia closed these banks in order to protect deposits through the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
When the Federal [...]

Kids Fund Mutual Fund Review

December 12, 2008 by nittany · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Mutual Funds 

This is a new mutual fund call the Kids Fund.  The Kids Fund mutual fund is designed to help parents teach their children about investing and help them to build savings at an early age.  However, I question whether the Kids Fund (KIDSX) is actually going to help teach kids about investing and whether it [...]

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