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1.25%.
is not high yield your losing about 5 percent in inflation
get into stock market
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Right, because everyone looking for an insured savings account would be better off with market volatility.
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Thirded. They probably have a higher rate to attract new customers, since it is a new bank.
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the stock market is a gamble.
Just pay down your debt, its equivalent to putting money in a savings account and getting 3+%. Easy for me to say when I have over 400k in student loan debt between...
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All banks, etc say this afaik.
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No dice. Apparently others are having same issue http://satisfaction.mint.com/mint/tags/tiaa_cref
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**Rates may change at any time without prior notice, before or after the account is opened**
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Stock market is not for everyone. It's Simple Risk and Reward Equation in stock market.
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Last weekend I was scanning and shredding old documents and came across a couple of bank statements from 2007 where I was earning over 5%.
It's almost enough to make a guy cry.
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What terrible reviews have you read about Ally? Please do tell...
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Not yet.
I agree.
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Since when is inflation 6.25%?
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I honestly dont even have enough "savings" to make it worth it... I'm just dumping everything into retirement hoping that when i'm 60 I'll have enough to buy a 50 ft boat and retire on it.
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depressing that 1.25 is HIGH yield.
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stomach saw that your money is not even fdic insured!! F that!!!!
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Some people have said in reviews that you need FICO of 750+ and that only 10% of applicants are accepted. Also something about beneficiaries. Do they allow joint accounts? So many questions, but they...
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For those interested, there's a new online bank called TIAA Direct. It's a branch of the fantastic organization that helps teachers save and invest for their retirement.
Their current APY on...
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Careful, some banks will hard pull for opening either Checking or Savings. More common in Checking accounts though.
Anyway, that rate will probably come dropping down soon once members start...
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Their money market account has the same rate too. (1.240 %. I think I will go for it.
Advantage I see is you get checks versus the HY savings.
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I feel like Slickdeals often draws people's attention to negligible savings instead of the big picture. If someone already has an account paying 0.85%, an extra 0.4% is almost nothing, and there's no...
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dyangu, just like there is no guarantee abt thes HY checking/savings/MMA accounts, then there is no guarantee abt iBond rates either. They change after every 6 months. Plus with iBonds, you have to...
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I agree. Don't expect that rate to stay for very long.
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I tried.. and tried. Mint said to keep trying to login until you have hit and answered all the security questions, but I've seen all the questions pop up at least 2x and no go.
Let me know if you...
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Anyone try adding this account to Mint? I cannot for the life of me add it and I've been back and forth with tech support on Mint.
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I opened an account with TIAA a month ago, lured in by this interest rate (I closed my HSBC account, which, yes, 4 years ago was more than 4%, now .25% or something pathetic).
My experience has...
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I'm thinking of repping this soon (actually I'll probably do the Money Market). It is between this and Ally bank (which I've been reading some terrible reviews about). I understand it's new and the...
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Same here, preferably a 52'-58' Rybovich.
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I agree stock market is not for everyone I don't understand it and I feel its to risky. I rather make a little than either gain a lot or lose it all.
I think if that interest percentage stays...
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Which is exactly what they are accomplishing with the OP posting a thread here.
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Hmmmmmmmm.....worth transfering my ING account over? Do you have an account with these guys(if so for how long)? I guess its not like a credit card, no harm in opening a bunch?