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KPtoys
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Money Market Acct or Savings??
Im clueless. I have some money I need to tuck away but keep handy. I just read something that said a Money Market is the way to go. Thoughts?
Message edited 6/9/2008 11:25:22 PM.
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ave1024
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Re: Money Market Acct or Savings??
There really isn't any difference if they are both FDIC insured.
Money Markets tend to have higher interest rates, but sometimes a bank will simply name their highest interest bearing account a "savings" account.
I like Countrywide Bank Savingslink if you have over 10k. Totally liquid account. You can do free overnight ACH transfers to any bank. FDIC Insured. Currently 3.75% if you have 10k minimum balance.
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| Posted 6/10/08 12:13 AM |
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Re: Money Market Acct or Savings??
Money Market is the way to go, but they have minimum balances. My bank is $2500.00. They also have tiers, so the more money you have the more you will earn.
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| Posted 6/10/08 7:36 AM |
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ali120206
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Re: Money Market Acct or Savings??
You might want to look into a high yield savings account - like from ING Direct or another internet bank.
They have a higher interest rate than a bank savings account and don't require the high minimum balance that money markets often do (this is what we do).
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| Posted 6/10/08 8:03 AM |
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Candy Girl
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Re: Money Market Acct or Savings??
My e*trade savings has a 5% interest with no minimum balance--well, $1.00 minimum...I love it.
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| Posted 6/10/08 8:56 AM |
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KPtoys
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Re: Money Market Acct or Savings??
Posted by Snickers
My e*trade savings has a 5% interest with no minimum balance--well, $1.00 minimum...I love it.
i like that!
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| Posted 6/10/08 9:42 AM |
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Re: Money Market Acct or Savings??
We have a high yield money market. You can only have 6 transaction out of the account each money which is a federal law. So if you do more than 6 each month then you might want to set up 2 seperate accounts if you got that route. I learned that the hard way
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| Posted 6/10/08 9:47 AM |
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ave1024
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Re: Money Market Acct or Savings??
Posted by Snickers
My e*trade savings has a 5% interest with no minimum balance--well, $1.00 minimum...I love it.
Do you have a link that posts this 5% interest?
Their current interest rate is 3.15% right now on what they call their "max" savings account.
Link
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| Posted 6/10/08 9:51 AM |
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ave1024
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Re: Money Market Acct or Savings??
If you are a heavy debit card user, the best thing to do is open one of those 6% reward checking accounts out there. They will give you 6% if you can make 10-12 debit/credit transactions a month, plus one direct deposit, and get your statements electronically.
Those are the best deals IMO. I have one of these accounts and I just make all my little purchases on the debit now to meet the requirements (like CVS, Starbucks, etc).
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| Posted 6/10/08 9:53 AM |
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Candy Girl
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Re: Money Market Acct or Savings??
Posted by ave1024
Posted by Snickers
My e*trade savings has a 5% interest with no minimum balance--well, $1.00 minimum...I love it.
Do you have a link that posts this 5% interest?
Their current interest rate is 3.15% right now on what they call their "max" savings account.
Link
I just called e*trade and i started w/ a 4.99% interest rate (2 years ago) and now I have a 3.10% interest rate. I am trying to find out why...on hold...
any ideas? perhaps an introductory rate?
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| Posted 6/10/08 11:42 AM |
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Blu-ize
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Re: Money Market Acct or Savings??
Posted by Snickers
Posted by ave1024
Posted by Snickers
My e*trade savings has a 5% interest with no minimum balance--well, $1.00 minimum...I love it.
Do you have a link that posts this 5% interest?
Their current interest rate is 3.15% right now on what they call their "max" savings account.
Link
I just called e*trade and i started w/ a 4.99% interest rate (2 years ago) and now I have a 3.10% interest rate. I am trying to find out why...on hold...
any ideas? perhaps an introductory rate?
yes, because the fed has slashed interest rates over the last 2 years. I believe my high yield rate at Citibank is about the same.
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| Posted 6/10/08 11:50 AM |
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ave1024
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Re: Money Market Acct or Savings??
Posted by Snickers
I just called e*trade and i started w/ a 4.99% interest rate (2 years ago) and now I have a 3.10% interest rate. I am trying to find out why...on hold...
any ideas? perhaps an introductory rate?
They have probably been lowering your interest rate since last October (when they started rate cuts) and you didn't even realize all this time you are making less interest.
In October my Countrywide was paying 5.5%. Now its down to 3.75%. Still competitive though compared to other banks like E-Trade and ING.
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Candy Girl
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Re: Money Market Acct or Savings??
Posted by ave1024
Posted by Snickers
I just called e*trade and i started w/ a 4.99% interest rate (2 years ago) and now I have a 3.10% interest rate. I am trying to find out why...on hold...
any ideas? perhaps an introductory rate?
They have probably been lowering your interest rate since last October (when they started rate cuts) and you didn't even realize all this time you are making less interest.
In October my Countrywide was paying 5.5%. Now its down to 3.75%. Still competitive though compared to other banks like E-Trade and ING.
I was told it went down in March '08.
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ali120206
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Re: Money Market Acct or Savings??
Posted by Snickers
Posted by ave1024
Posted by Snickers
I just called e*trade and i started w/ a 4.99% interest rate (2 years ago) and now I have a 3.10% interest rate. I am trying to find out why...on hold...
any ideas? perhaps an introductory rate?
They have probably been lowering your interest rate since last October (when they started rate cuts) and you didn't even realize all this time you are making less interest.
In October my Countrywide was paying 5.5%. Now its down to 3.75%. Still competitive though compared to other banks like E-Trade and ING.
I was told it went down in March '08.
That's probably the date of your last change (the interest rate on my ING account went down 2x in March).
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