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forum thread Posted by Moooshe • Mar 16, 2023

Forbright Bank is offering 5.25% APY on a 12-month CD. 3-month penalty for early withdrawal.

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FDIC insured up to 250k. 3 months penalty for early withdrawal. This is the highest offer I could find.

https://www.forbrightbank.com/con...nline-cds/
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FDIC insured up to 250k. 3 months penalty for early withdrawal. This is the highest offer I could find.

https://www.forbrightbank.com/con...nline-cds/

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Mar 16, 2023
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Peakmaster
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Great timing...because banks touting their focus on things other than banking are doing so well right now
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ValueRanger
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With 'softer' assets like pure financing, coming into more destabilized conditions; harder assets are more preferable in investments. One of the mainstays in hard assets is real estate; and this institution is far more vested in real estate financing, as opposed to outright ownership in ratio to financing. If they had a solid commitment to baseload energy competition to fossil fuels; they'd get more of my attention.
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mcattack86
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I'd have to agree with other comments. You can get 5% from more reputable banks - don't think the extra quarter percent is worth the risk
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Quote from ValueRanger :
With 'softer' assets like pure financing, coming into more destabilized conditions; harder assets are more preferable in investments. One of the mainstays in hard assets is real estate; and this institution is far more vested in real estate financing, as opposed to outright ownership in ratio to financing. If they had a solid commitment to baseload energy competition to fossil fuels; they'd get more of my attention.
Can you please rephrase/explain that in a way that a dummy unfamiliar with the finance world (me) would understand. Thanks.
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Quote from mcattack86 :
I'd have to agree with other comments. You can get 5% from more reputable banks - don't think the extra quarter percent is worth the risk
Fair enough, but with FDIC insurance, does it really matter which financial institution your money is with?
Checking out the banks that provide a 5% return, the only one that stands out as more reputable is Barclays. They have a similar penalty of 3 months' interest for early withdrawal.
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mohicans
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I'd rather get a 3 year multi year guaranteed annuity from athene or Lincoln Financial or some insurer that's backed by a massive financial institution which won't collapse and collect 5.5% principal protected coupon which is basically a certificate of deposit from an insurer versus a CD from one of these fly by day no name banks after what's happened during the past week
Last edited by mohicans March 16, 2023 at 06:35 PM.
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check out fidelity brokered CDs. I got 5.45 for 6 mnths at schwab.....
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Quote from pranrasvij :
check out fidelity brokered CDs. I got 5.45 for 6 mnths at schwab.....
Can u pls share link. I couldn't find similar rate.
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qwertyaas
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Quote from loki_l77 :
Can u pls share link. I couldn't find similar rate.
You have to search through your brokerage for Brokered CDs, You're buying other bank CDs through your brokerage.

Be sure it's non-callable.
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tialfred1
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not sure what all banks do HP. Not worth it if HP is done.
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dj12gauge
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5% is less than inflation
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