Comments on: Portfolio, Banking, and Other Tidbits http://zaissianlogic.com/general/2008/04/portfolio-banking-and-other-tidbits/ Fri, 01 Jul 2011 05:36:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tracy http://zaissianlogic.com/general/2008/04/portfolio-banking-and-other-tidbits/comment-page-1/#comment-1847 Tracy Fri, 11 Apr 2008 21:40:00 +0000 http://zaissianlogic.com/general/2008/04/portfolio-banking-and-other-tidbits/#comment-1847 Last week I attended a seminar for which Suze Orman was one of the keynote speakers. She works with AmeriTrade to encourage people to start saving. Her Save Yourself campaign has an account there - and it works like this - if you save at least $50 a month with them, at the end of year, they'll deposit an additional $100 in your account! So I think that makes a pretty good effective yield. You may want to check it out. And, the account's insured. Last week I attended a seminar for which Suze Orman was one of the keynote speakers. She works with AmeriTrade to encourage people to start saving. Her Save Yourself campaign has an account there – and it works like this – if you save at least $50 a month with them, at the end of year, they’ll deposit an additional $100 in your account! So I think that makes a pretty good effective yield. You may want to check it out. And, the account’s insured.

]]> By: julian http://zaissianlogic.com/general/2008/04/portfolio-banking-and-other-tidbits/comment-page-1/#comment-1846 julian Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:42:57 +0000 http://zaissianlogic.com/general/2008/04/portfolio-banking-and-other-tidbits/#comment-1846 For high-ish interest rate savings accounts, there's pretty much ING, HSBC, and E*TRADE. They all vary. E*TRADE is usually slightly higher than the other two, but it depends on how their accounts are doing. Most of last year they were significantly higher, but it's been going down the past few months. The differences in interest rate usually aren't large enough to make the choice obvious. If you're happy with ING's web site and their service, stick with them. If not, try something else. For high-ish interest rate savings accounts, there’s pretty much ING, HSBC, and E*TRADE. They all vary. E*TRADE is usually slightly higher than the other two, but it depends on how their accounts are doing. Most of last year they were significantly higher, but it’s been going down the past few months.

The differences in interest rate usually aren’t large enough to make the choice obvious. If you’re happy with ING’s web site and their service, stick with them. If not, try something else.

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