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frontpagerrampras posted Nov 03, 2022 05:40 PM
frontpagerrampras posted Nov 03, 2022 05:40 PM

Upgrade Premier Savings Accounts:

($1,000 Minimum Deposit)

3.5% APY

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Upgrade is offering 3.5% APY when you open a Premier Savings Account with minimum $1,000 deposit.

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Written by StrawMan86 | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • Rates are subject to change.
    • No monthly account fees or transfer fees
    • Online transfers to and from other banks
      • Same-day transfers of $100,000 or less to / from other banks
    • FDIC insured up to $250,000 through Cross River Bank, Member FDIC
  • About Upgrade:
    • For more info about Upgrade, click here.
  • Please refer to the forum thread for additional details & discussion. -StrawMan86

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Upgrade is offering 3.5% APY when you open a Premier Savings Account with minimum $1,000 deposit.

Thanks to Community Member rrampras for posting this deal.

Editor's Notes

Written by StrawMan86 | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • Rates are subject to change.
    • No monthly account fees or transfer fees
    • Online transfers to and from other banks
      • Same-day transfers of $100,000 or less to / from other banks
    • FDIC insured up to $250,000 through Cross River Bank, Member FDIC
  • About Upgrade:
    • For more info about Upgrade, click here.
  • Please refer to the forum thread for additional details & discussion. -StrawMan86

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ImaPuppy
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Unfortunately that's not how it works. Savings account rates (and other interest-bearing products) are based on various dated bond yields as well as interest rates they charge clients for loan products (which are correlated). These don't magically change based on what the Fed does, but on what they're expected to do. The 75bps rate hike was already priced into bond yields (taking yield curve flattening aside). What wasn't priced in, and why savings rates are higher now than they were, say, a year or two ago, is precisely the divergence from expectation at that time: The Fed guidance indicated fewer hikes of less amounts (0-25bps) and have exceeded that..but that was only really known over the last few months as they consistently shift guidance, or the "target rate" via a dot plot.

The point I'm making is, if the Fed meets expectations (currently 50bps-50bps-25bps-pause) over the next 4 meetings, the rates will theoretically stay where they are.

To use a real-world example, it's the same reason why mortgage rates have been rising gradually and why they didn't suddenly rise 75bps yesterday or today upon the Fed hike announcement. It's because it was already priced in.

Edit: Note, I'm leaving quite a bit of nuance and detail out of this and am not picking on you in particular. I just see quite a bit of misunderstanding about how consumer interest rate products react to Fed overnight rate hikes and when.

Source: Work in finance
James Mason
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Just wait a little bit. The Feds raised the rate yesterday, These CD, savings, etc. rates will go up.
badger1440
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Discover just went up to 2.75% and still time to grab off up to $450 bonus

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Nov 04, 2022 05:45 AM
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JMBauer74Nov 04, 2022 05:45 AM
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Quote from newbharry :
I think some people have car loans at 0.9%, mortgage at 1.9% , business loans (ppp) at 0% .. that's the real joke
Well, those are good rates for most of the United States population. Banks are still making good money off loans, especially when they're not putting up their own money. 3.5% APY is actually decent for a savings account, but still not all that much of a return on your $.
Nov 04, 2022 05:46 AM
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newbharryNov 04, 2022 05:46 AM
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Quote from Danny_Eye :
I don't know why you have to say it like that
You need 10 debit card transactions. Not worth it because the $120 you get every year you are forced to spend.

I prefer CURRENT BANK. it's 4% up to 6k. I have automatic transfer of 4.50$ / week of interest into Marcus because anything above 6k gets 0 interest. The interest accrues and pays out daily.
Last edited by newbharry November 3, 2022 at 11:50 PM.
Nov 04, 2022 05:54 AM
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dtmamgNov 04, 2022 05:54 AM
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Quote from newbharry :
1% for 3 months. 5 referrals max which means 1.25 year is 1% bump.

Getting referred gets 3 months. Total = 1.5 year of 1% bump + their current 2.5% rate. They keep raising rates every month.. around 3rd week of each month. So by the time wealth front and sofi gets to 3.5, this Marcus for me would be at 4.0 or 4.125%

Consider 1 million cash out refi at 2.5%>> Jerome Powell is paying for our house.


Like I said I don't need to "spread my code". My wife and I have spread 10 codes on Chinese social media easily. They've got couple million ppl who would love to stash USD here .

I do have friends whom I didn't refer that I'd love to help them (they are current Marcus clients) who may have some codes to spread around. The referral program ends November anyway.


Might hop on the cap one 1k for 100k when I'm done with the 1000 for 100k at sofi in Nov 30th.

Hopefully by then the market bottoms and we can deploy cash
Hello, may I know what referral program? TIA
Nov 04, 2022 05:56 AM
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dtmamgNov 04, 2022 05:56 AM
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Quote from coloradoman_in_socal :
Lol right, like you could get a 2.25% refi right now with the benchmark rate this high.
Hi there, could not get cash out, at least locked in 2.5% for 30 yrs back in the day
Nov 04, 2022 05:56 AM
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userbeavisNov 04, 2022 05:56 AM
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Quote from newbharry :
I agree.

I remember during the stimulus check time.. ppl were rushing to buy overpriced playstation 5 and Xbox. Had a guy who said I just got my stimmie and I need this Xbox... I was like ok thank you.
After reading all your posts, you do realize you and that guy are doing the same thing. He's playing games on an Xbox and you're playing games with online money. LMAO
Nov 04, 2022 05:57 AM
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dtmamgNov 04, 2022 05:57 AM
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Quote from newbharry :
2.5% for 30 years fixed .. December 2021 cash out refi!

Free money.. last train.. I remember rates shot up after new years eve.

Was trying to get a guy to lock in rates and he ghosted me. His loss..
We probably got on the same train
Nov 04, 2022 05:58 AM
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dtmamgNov 04, 2022 05:58 AM
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Quote from userbeavis :
After reading all your posts, you do realize you and that guy are doing the same thing. He's playing games on an Xbox and you're playing games with online money. LMAO
I call X-change box

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Nov 04, 2022 06:00 AM
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dtmamgNov 04, 2022 06:00 AM
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Quote from newbharry :
And even more.. borrowed money from overseas (in other currencies). Now the UsD vs twd and RMB is so strong , you make money on currency exchange AND the borrowed rate in Taiwan for UsD was 1.5% last year lol

1 usd was 27 twd, now it's 32... Just currency alone is 10%+ gain.

TWD was at 27? omg...have you looked at yen/uk sterling? amazing.

Yen was at 115-120 now 145-149
Nov 04, 2022 06:00 AM
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GreenSparrow306Nov 04, 2022 06:00 AM
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Quote from ImaPuppy :
Unfortunately that's not how it works. Savings account rates (and other interest-bearing products) are based on various dated bond yields as well as interest rates they charge clients for loan products (which are correlated). These don't magically change based on what the Fed does, but on what they're expected to do. The 75bps rate hike was already priced into bond yields (taking yield curve flattening aside). What wasn't priced in, and why savings rates are higher now than they were, say, a year or two ago, is precisely the divergence from expectation at that time: The Fed guidance indicated fewer hikes of less amounts (0-25bps) and have exceeded that..but that was only really known over the last few months as they consistently shift guidance, or the "target rate" via a dot plot.

The point I'm making is, if the Fed meets expectations (currently 50bps-50bps-25bps-pause) over the next 4 meetings, the rates will theoretically stay where they are.

To use a real-world example, it's the same reason why mortgage rates have been rising gradually and why they didn't suddenly rise 75bps yesterday or today upon the Fed hike announcement. It's because it was already priced in.

Edit: Note, I'm leaving quite a bit of nuance and detail out of this and am not picking on you in particular. I just see quite a bit of misunderstanding about how consumer interest rate products react to Fed overnight rate hikes and when.

Source: Work in finance
While I agree in theory the reality is the expected rate hikes also come with a probability curve(how likely the projected hikes are) and as we approach the hikes the uncertainty usually(not always) starts to converge. That is why rates actually fluctuate thought out the fed window.

Source: also work in finance
Nov 04, 2022 06:01 AM
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dtmamgNov 04, 2022 06:01 AM
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Quote from newbharry :
2.5% for 30 years fixed .. December 2021 cash out refi!

Free money.. last train.. I remember rates shot up after new years eve.

Was trying to get a guy to lock in rates and he ghosted me. His loss..
I missed the 2.25% refi, but at least got in at 2.5, no CO though
Nov 04, 2022 06:10 AM
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fangszNov 04, 2022 06:10 AM
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Quote from sean_nj :
Capitalone 360 PERFORMANCE SAVINGS rate is 3% starting Oct 30 and offers up to $1000 bonus using code FALL22 (https://www.capitalone.com/bank/fall22/).

Best,

Sean
I don't see anything using the link you shared, how much is to be deposited to get 1000 bonus?
Nov 04, 2022 06:11 AM
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dtmamgNov 04, 2022 06:11 AM
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Quote from fangsz :
I don't see anything using the link you shared, how much is to be deposited to get 1000 bonus?
$100k
Nov 04, 2022 06:14 AM
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newbharryNov 04, 2022 06:14 AM
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Quote from userbeavis :
After reading all your posts, you do realize you and that guy are doing the same thing. He's playing games on an Xbox and you're playing games with online money. LMAO
At least the money is making money.

When recession hits (which some says we are in one already).. he gonna trade his Xbox for diapers for his newborn kid? (Literally he showed up to buy Xbox when he just had a newborn)..
Nov 04, 2022 06:15 AM
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newbharryNov 04, 2022 06:15 AM
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Quote from dtmamg :
I missed the 2.25% refi, but at least got in at 2.5, no CO though
If you end up doing the Marcus (you can Google).. the fed is technically buying your house..

Even if your house depreciates due to rising rates.. someone else is buying it for you so it doesn't matter.

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Nov 04, 2022 06:17 AM
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newbharryNov 04, 2022 06:17 AM
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Quote from dtmamg :
$100k
I might deploy the cash from Marcus to do this now.. or wait for sofi bonus to be done in November to do this.

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