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So I started to ladder T-Bills for the reasons everyone is stating in this thread. The rate is so volatile (in a good way) that locking into anything even 12 months is too long for me and rates continue to climb. I use fidelity and my suggestion is this.
When they offer the new 4 week and 8 week and 13 week t-bill (they auction on diff days and diff weeks) go in and buy one of each of them with whatever money you can spare. Let's use 5k for each.
I would buy a 4 week t-bill with NO Rollover for 5k
I would buy an 8 week t-bill with NO Rollover for 5k
I would buy a 13 week t-bill WITH Rollover for 5k
Then after 4 weeks when that first on comes up, buy another 13 week t-bill with the 5k WITH Rollover.
Then after 8 weeks when the second comes up, buy another 13 week t-bill with the 5k WITH Rollover.
Now you will have 3 13 week t-bills rolling every 4 weeks or so and rolling into a new one with the proceeds. This way every 4 weeks you are capturing an increasing rate and not locked into anything longer than 13 weeks. You benefit from the rate hikes, can cash out at any time, and you have state tax shelter from the earned interest.
I can almost guarantee that the above will yield you more net income (taking in tax break) at the end of 11months then the 5% locked CD
just my 2cents
You can buy treasuries from just about any brokerage. I use Fidelity, as I like their platform and they don't charge fees/commissions for treasuries. Fidelity Fixed Income Page[fidelity.com]
Follow the above link and scroll down to the row "U.S. Treasury." Choose the duration you want and click on it. You can then click "buy" to start a trade of a specific treasury bill/bond. Fidelity's Intro to Treasuries[fidelity.com]
This is true, but it doesn't make an 11-month CD at 5% a bad idea. Those HYS can change their rates at any time, but here you're guaranteed to get 5%.
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Capital One is currently paying 0.3 percent on their savings accounts. I took most of ours out and put it in Fidelity. Many people probably doing the same. Capital One should raise their savings rates is they want to keep customers.
Capital One is currently paying 0.3 percent on their savings accounts. I took most of ours out and put it in Fidelity. Many people probably doing the same. Capital One should raise their savings rates is they want to keep customers.
That doesn't seem right. The Capital One Performance 360 Savings account is showing 3.40%.
Just in case you don't do your research, FDIC only has 200 billion in assets to insure 9 trillion of your money. Sooooo yeah if the banks fail u probably get .01 cent of your money back lol.
Capital One is currently paying 0.3 percent on their savings accounts. I took most of ours out and put it in Fidelity. Many people probably doing the same. Capital One should raise their savings rates is they want to keep customers.
That doesn't seem right. The Capital One Performance 360 Savings account is showing 3.40%.
They forced me to close my traditional savings account with them at 0.3%, and open up one of the performance savings accounts to get the 3.4% rate. I was annoyed but it was easy enough to do.
Capital One is currently paying 0.3 percent on their savings accounts. I took most of ours out and put it in Fidelity. Many people probably doing the same. Capital One should raise their savings rates is they want to keep customers.
CapitalOne 360 Savings account is currently 3.4%.
It's annoying but you need to open a new performance 360 savings accounts and transfer the funds from your old account into the new one.
With today's inflation #s that came in higher than expected, you'd think the Fed will continue raising rates, meaning that CD rates will increase as well. Therefore, you may not want to tie up your money for 11-18 months (Ally CD deal is 18 mos.) just yet.
Lots of Banks are offering at least 4% on their savings account. Not sure 1% for 11-18 months makes sense unless it's a significant amount and the money is not needed.
Capital One is currently paying 0.3 percent on their savings accounts. I took most of ours out and put it in Fidelity. Many people probably doing the same. Capital One should raise their savings rates is they want to keep customers.
Yup, after I got the $1K bonus for adding new funds to my 360 acct. I xfer. the balance back to Synchrony for the 3.75%.
I guess Cap. One just doesn't care that everyone is fleeing their Scrooge rate.
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When they offer the new 4 week and 8 week and 13 week t-bill (they auction on diff days and diff weeks) go in and buy one of each of them with whatever money you can spare. Let's use 5k for each.
I would buy a 4 week t-bill with NO Rollover for 5k
I would buy an 8 week t-bill with NO Rollover for 5k
I would buy a 13 week t-bill WITH Rollover for 5k
Then after 4 weeks when that first on comes up, buy another 13 week t-bill with the 5k WITH Rollover.
Then after 8 weeks when the second comes up, buy another 13 week t-bill with the 5k WITH Rollover.
Now you will have 3 13 week t-bills rolling every 4 weeks or so and rolling into a new one with the proceeds. This way every 4 weeks you are capturing an increasing rate and not locked into anything longer than 13 weeks. You benefit from the rate hikes, can cash out at any time, and you have state tax shelter from the earned interest.
I can almost guarantee that the above will yield you more net income (taking in tax break) at the end of 11months then the 5% locked CD
just my 2cents
Fidelity Fixed Income Page [fidelity.com]
Follow the above link and scroll down to the row "U.S. Treasury." Choose the duration you want and click on it. You can then click "buy" to start a trade of a specific treasury bill/bond.
Fidelity's Intro to Treasuries [fidelity.com]
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My Capital One savings account is paying 3.75 currently.
My Capital One account is paying 3.75 currently.
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Whats the CUSIP number for the 4 week T-bills at Fidelity? i only see 3, 6, 12 months.
Do we get a better yield by buying T-bills with coupon?
thx
CapitalOne 360 Savings account is currently 3.4%.
It's annoying but you need to open a new performance 360 savings accounts and transfer the funds from your old account into the new one.
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I guess Cap. One just doesn't care that everyone is fleeing their Scrooge rate.