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expiredrrampras posted Nov 3, 2022 5:40 PM

Upgrade Premier Savings Accounts:

3.5% APY

($1,000 Minimum Deposit)
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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.

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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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Written by rrampras
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About the Poster
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
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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.
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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 3, 2022 5:44 PM
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mdboyz69Nov 3, 2022 5:44 PM
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Capital one bank has 360 Performance
Savings Account for 3% APY [capitalone.com]
Nov 3, 2022 5:45 PM
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AllyFrizzleNov 3, 2022 5:45 PM
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$1,000 or more.

My Ally savings account just went up to 2.5%. They're increasing it like every two weeks. Insane.
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Nov 3, 2022 5:52 PM
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anerdnamedjoshuaNov 3, 2022 5:52 PM
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If it came with a debit card/access to an ATM network I would be more interested, but personally I'm going to stick with WealthFront and its 3.3% APY.
Nov 3, 2022 5:54 PM
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badger1440Nov 3, 2022 5:54 PM
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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 3, 2022 6:00 PM
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doboy007Nov 3, 2022 6:00 PM
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Quote from AllyFrizzle :
$1,000 or more.

My Ally savings account just went up to 2.5%. They're increasing it like every two weeks. Insane.
still 0.5% below Capital One, see post above.
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Nov 3, 2022 6:00 PM
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namlookNov 3, 2022 6:00 PM
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Quote from AllyFrizzle :
$1,000 or more.

My Ally savings account just went up to 2.5%. They're increasing it like every two weeks. Insane.
Ally is giving 2.5% and they just had a $500 bonus on a 50K deposit promotion. Gives over 6% APY for three months,
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Nov 3, 2022 6:09 PM
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James MasonNov 3, 2022 6:09 PM
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Just wait a little bit. The Feds raised the rate yesterday, These CD, savings, etc. rates will go up.
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Nov 3, 2022 6:12 PM
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ImaPuppyNov 3, 2022 6:12 PM
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Quote from James Mason :
Just wait a little bit. The Feds raised the rate yesterday, These CD, savings, etc. rates will go up.
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
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Nov 3, 2022 6:44 PM
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drew6666Nov 3, 2022 6:44 PM
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Wealthfront is up to a decent 3.30%
Nov 3, 2022 6:46 PM
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comprxNov 3, 2022 6:46 PM
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Quote from iBoo :
Only up to $1000 for 3.5%. How about a bank with no cap offering 3%?
I read it as a minimum of $1000 for 3.5%, not a max.

My Synchrony HYS is now 3.0 APY.
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Quote from iBoo :
Only up to $1000 for 3.5%. How about a bank with no cap offering 3%?
It's a minimum of $1000 in order to get that 3.5%. There is no ceiling limit to how much you can keep in there and continue receiving the 3.5%. If you keep less than $1000 then you won't receive the 3.5%.
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waterchangeNov 3, 2022 7:04 PM
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Quote from drew6666 :
Wealthfront is up to a decent 3.30%
wealthfront.com shows 2.55% APY for their high yield account. Did the rate to higher and they just failed to update their site?
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Nov 3, 2022 7:10 PM
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drew6666Nov 3, 2022 7:10 PM
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Quote from waterchange :
wealthfront.com shows 2.55% APY for their high yield account. Did the rate to higher and they just failed to update their site?
Yes it was 2.55 before the .75 increase yesterday. It will go to 3.30 at some point today.
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Joedaddy123Nov 3, 2022 7:14 PM
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SOFI's latest promo (which ended) has a reward date of 11/30. It's going to be wild which bank is willing to offer the best transfer/interest offer at that time.

The suspense is killing me!

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