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CIT Bank Platinum Savings: Earn Up to Expired

4.85% APY*
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CIT Bank our partner, offers the following benefits with their Platinum Savings account.

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  • Must have a minimum daily balance of $5000 to earn 4.85% APY
  • No account opening or maintenance fees
  • Daily compounding interest to maximize your earning potential
  • FDIC insured
  • *See site for details

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CIT Bank our partner, offers the following benefits with their Platinum Savings account.
  • Must have a minimum daily balance of $5000 to earn 4.85% APY
  • No account opening or maintenance fees
  • Daily compounding interest to maximize your earning potential
  • FDIC insured
  • *See site for details
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I don't think CIT has anything to do with Citibank.
All fdic insured bank has a 250k protection from the federal government.
You can do this with treasurydirect.gov or a brokerage site like schwab, fidelity, or vanguard etc. They are federally taxed but not state. The latest 4 week t-bill was almost 6%

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shaolinwookie
06-02-2023 at 07:49 AM.
06-02-2023 at 07:49 AM.
can someone explain how interest is calculated, like its not just the percentage of the amount you have in there each month right?
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sisonpyh
06-02-2023 at 10:48 PM.
06-02-2023 at 10:48 PM.
Quote from SlickSmiles :
Anyone have experience with American Express high yield savings?

Yeah they're pretty easy to work with but when i had them they lowered my apr monthly without notice until it was almost nothing
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ccat
06-02-2023 at 11:04 PM.
06-02-2023 at 11:04 PM.
Quote from shaolinwookie :
can someone explain how interest is calculated, like its not just the percentage of the amount you have in there each month right?

You put $100 in. You get about $4.85 a year. Divide by 12. You get about $0.40 a month.
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myk.mayk
06-02-2023 at 11:07 PM.
06-02-2023 at 11:07 PM.
1st $5000 is 0.25%. you only earn 4.85% at any amount over that. consider that when you put in money into this. if you're only putting in $5000, might as well just put it in the no-penalty cd @ 4.9%. the only drawback on that is your money is locked with them for the 1st 10 business days.
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calebrules1991
06-03-2023 at 12:13 AM.
06-03-2023 at 12:13 AM.
You get 4.85% on the full amount. I've done the math on the interest I've gotten so far.
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shaolinwookie
06-03-2023 at 05:00 AM.
06-03-2023 at 05:00 AM.
Quote from ccat :
You put $100 in. You get about $4.85 a year. Divide by 12. You get about $0.40 a month.
ohhh i see, its just divided over 12 months
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lady_minx
06-03-2023 at 06:54 AM.
06-03-2023 at 06:54 AM.
Quote from Eragorn :
I currently have some money in a CIT Platinum Savings account with an "Interest Rate:
4.641%" that was via the last deal... do I need to set up a new account and then transfer the money from that account to this one for the extra 0.20% savings then?
That's what my nephew did. It seems like rather than upgrading the rate on existing accounts they just keep offering products with hew names. Though if you have one with the exact same name I'd call them and ask.
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lady_minx
06-03-2023 at 06:58 AM.
06-03-2023 at 06:58 AM.
I've thought about getting a CIT account. I just find it annoying that they seem to open new products with higher interest rates, rather than increasing rates on current accounts.

I've stuck with Fidelity SPAXX and FZDXX so far, instead. You can open a Fidelity Spend and Save account, then "Buy" the SPAXX money market which is currently making 4.75. Or open a Brokerage account and make that your default CORE position. FZDXX, the FIDELITY MMKT PREMIUM CLASS is making 4.91% right now, but in a Brokerage acct you need to put 100k into it to get in. If you use a retirement account (rollover IRA or Roth for instance) it only requires 10k to get into FZDXX
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digital330
06-03-2023 at 09:56 AM.
06-03-2023 at 09:56 AM.
These banks got used to paying almost no interest on deposits for a decade. And now they are dragging their feet paying competitive rates. To the point that now the US treasuries have better yield!
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LowesDude
06-03-2023 at 12:10 PM.
06-03-2023 at 12:10 PM.
Quote from lady_minx :
I've thought about getting a CIT account. I just find it annoying that they seem to open new products with higher interest rates, rather than increasing rates on current accounts.

I've stuck with Fidelity SPAXX and FZDXX so far, instead. You can open a Fidelity Spend and Save account, then "Buy" the SPAXX money market which is currently making 4.75. Or open a Brokerage account and make that your default CORE position. FZDXX, the FIDELITY MMKT PREMIUM CLASS is making 4.91% right now, but in a Brokerage acct you need to put 100k into it to get in. If you use a retirement account (rollover IRA or Roth for instance) it only requires 10k to get into FZDXX

FZDXX has expense ration of .36% dies that mean the effective yield will be 4.91 - 0.36?
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peste19
06-03-2023 at 01:02 PM.
06-03-2023 at 01:02 PM.
Quote from LowesDude :
FZDXX has expense ration of .36% dies that mean the effective yield will be 4.91 - 0.36?

I believe it's already included the fee however I think that this has different tax consequences for example a bank issues a 1099-int while with this you are selling shares so you have to fill out additional forms which might add a cost from your CPA or have to buy a more expensive tax software but anyone correct me if I am wrong
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lady_minx
06-03-2023 at 06:18 PM.
06-03-2023 at 06:18 PM.
Quote from peste19 :
I believe it's already included the fee however I think that this has different tax consequences for example a bank issues a 1099-int while with this you are selling shares so you have to fill out additional forms which might add a cost from your CPA or have to buy a more expensive tax software but anyone correct me if I am wrong
When Fidelity was telling me the about what it shows as the interest rate they said that's already taking into account the fees. I'll have to double check with them on that again though. Hmm, if it is treated like a mutual fund then would I get the benefits of capital gains tax being lower than income tax when I "sell" the fund, if I hold it for more than a year?

I use Turbotax which imports the fidelity tax forms so I don't have to do any of the work, but yeah turbotax online isn't free at that level of tax preparation.

I also have a Wealthfront account, and added on their Wealthfront Cash account, which I think is being treated as a bank account. They're at 4.55% right now.
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lady_minx
06-03-2023 at 06:20 PM.
06-03-2023 at 06:20 PM.
Quote from LowesDude :
FZDXX has expense ration of .36% dies that mean the effective yield will be 4.91 - 0.36?
I responded to paste19 who had responded to you... so scroll up a post to see my response which included what I would've said to you Smilie
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Diz
06-03-2023 at 06:49 PM.
06-03-2023 at 06:49 PM.
The current FZDXX 7-day yield of 4.91% accounts for the expense ratio.

The same tax advantages are in play when you use FZDXX, FDRXX, or SPAXX as your core position in a retirement account. Otherwise, yes, there will be the typical tax implications.

I researched all of this thoroughly before making the jump just last month. I verified all expected returns on June 1st and 2nd as I transitioned in mid-May. Definitely a great move to make if you're wanting to be risk adverse like I am. Just bookmark the funds and keep an eye on the 7 day yields.
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hydrocynus
06-05-2023 at 07:13 AM.
06-05-2023 at 07:13 AM.
Quote from shaolinwookie :
ohhh i see, its just divided over 12 months
Are you sure? it won't combine? after a month, you would get 100.40 and this amount will be used for the next month?

Formula should be APY = (1+r/n)^n - 1, where r is the return rate and n the number of months of the placement.

So, in the case of 4.85%, the APY should be (1+0.0485/12)^12-1= 0.049592772

So, if you put $100 and assuming the rate will not change (which is not the case as it is often recalculated) then your gain is 100*1.049592772-100= 4.9592772 and not 4.85.
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