Archive for September, 2009

High interest savings accounts, FDIC insured or not, are vulnerable to the same sorts of liquidity interruptions as any other FDIC insured account... only now the FDIC is starting to ask banks for money in advance. Why is that do you suppose? While regulators and prominent figures such as Fed Chairman Ben...
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People looking at a free online savings account have to be asking themselves, "Is this a scam?" I mean how on earth can a bank afford to offer a free online savings account when every other bank is charging me fees up the yin yang just for the privilege of allowing them to...
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