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Savings Rates

What to look for and where to look—your best bet may even be from a bank you’ve never heard of.

How to Choose the Best High-Yield Savings Account for You

Find out what to look for when choosing a high-yield savings account—your best bet may even be from a bank you’ve never heard of.

What is a High-Yield Savings Account and How to Choose the Best One For You

You’ll need to look beyond the biggest banks.

The Best Savings Accounts Pay 10 Times the National Average. Here’s How to Pick One

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Interest rates are rising, so shouldn’t your savings account be earning you more money? Here’s what to know if you go shopping for the best high-yield savings offer. 

The best savings accounts pay 10 times the national average

With inflation at 3.2%, savings accounts and CDs are paying enough interest to beat it.

Why It Finally Pays to Keep Your Savings in Cash Again

The best high-yield savings accounts offer interest rates that beat inflation. Here’s how to find interest rates from Capital One, and online banks like Ally and more.

What’s the Impact of Inflation on Savings Accounts?

With inflation at 3.7%, savings accounts and CDs are now paying enough interest to beat it.

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With inflation down around 3%, savings accounts are once again a winning proposition

With inflation at 3.2%, savings accounts and CDs are paying enough interest to beat it

These hybrid accounts can offer convenience and attractive interest rates.

These Savings Accounts Pay 5% and Still Let You Write Checks

What Is a Money Market Account and How to Get the Best Rates?

How money market accounts work, how they compare to savings and checking accounts and where to find the best money market interest rates. 

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These hybrid accounts can offer convenience and attractive interest rates

This saving strategy can help you earn better returns without locking up all your savings.

What Is a CD Ladder and How Do You Build One?

How to build a CD ladder, with a CD ladder example, the benefits of a CD ladder and how to get the best rates.

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Building a CD ladder can help you earn higher interest rates without locking up your money for years.

This saving strategy can help you earn better returns without locking up all your savings

Banking & Loans

Online banks offer lower fees and better interest rates than their traditional counterparts.

The best online bank accounts for checking and savings, offer low fees, generous interest rates and great banking apps. Our winners include Ally, Varo, Axos and more.

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Online banks offer lower fees and higher interest for anyone willing to forgo visiting a traditional branch.

The Best Online Banks for 2024

Online banks offer lower fees and better interest rates than their traditional counterparts

Mortgages

Plus, does a luxury bathroom add value to your home?

How Much Does It Really Cost to Remodel a Bathroom?

On average a bathroom remodel costs $11,500, according to Angi, a home services company. However the total amount will vary depending on your location and the scale of your project. 

How Much Does It Cost to Remodel a Bathroom?

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The average cost to remodel a bathroom is $11,500, according to @angi_home. 

Mortgage rates are climbing. Here’s how to get the lowest one you can.

Mortgage rates are at a multi-decade high, but there are still ways to get the best possible rate on your home loan. Our experts explain how to compare rates from different lenders, improve your credit score and finding the right mortgage for your needs.

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Here are 7 tips for finding the best mortgage rates today.

How to Get the Lowest Mortgage Rate

Mortgage rates are climbing. Here’s how to get the lowest one you can

It’s a ‘primary objective’ according to the Fed chair.

What Is a Soft Landing and What Would It Mean for You?

A soft landing is when a central bank—such as the Fed in the U.S., the European Central Bank or the Bank of Japan—is able to bring inflation down without setting off a recession.

What Is a Soft Landing and What Would It Means for You?

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The Federal Reserve wants a soft landing. Here’s what that means.

It’s a ‘primary objective’ according to the Fed chair

Investors don’t expect rates to come down until mid-2024. But they’ve been wrong before.

What This Week’s Fed Move Means for Savings Accounts and CDs

Here’s where CD and high-yield savings account interest rates are headed following the November 2023 FOMC interest-rate move.

November 2023 Fed Rate Decision Impact on Savings Accounts and CDs 

You Can Rely on the Fed for 5% Savings Account Rates. But for How Long?

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Investors don’t expect rates to come down until mid-2024. But they’ve been wrong before

How to take advantage as higher interest rates ripple through the economy—from stocks to mortgages to savings accounts and more.

What the Fed’s Inflation Fight Means for Investors, Home Buyers and Savers

How the Federal Reserve’s interest rate hikes will affect mortgages, high-yield savings accounts, CDs and more. While mortgage rates should go up, bank accounts and certificates of deposit should offer higher APYs.

What the Fed’s Rate Hikes Mean for Investors, Home Buyers and Savers

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Here are you best financial moves as rising interest rates ripple through the economy.

How higher interest rates are rippling through the economy

Short-term CDs can still offer better rates than savings accounts.

 Here are the highest APYs for six-month short-term CDs from online banks, credit unions and more.

Short-term CDs still offer better rates than savings accounts.

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Six-month CDs can be a great way to grow cash you have earmarked for a medium-term expense like a car purchase or home renovation.

Here Are Today’s Top 6-Month CD Rates

Short-term CDs can still offer better rates than savings accounts

CDs can help you lock in today’s generous interest rates.

Will CD rates go up in 2023? And how to find which banks have the best CD rates. We’ll also walk you through how to shop for CDs and how to build a CD ladder.

Rates have climbed sharply over the past year.

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Rising interest rates mean old-fashioned CDs may be worth another look.

Today’s Top CDs Pay More Than 6%

CDs can help you log in today’s generous interest rates

If the Fed starts cutting interest rates in 2024 or beyond, a five-year CD could pay off

These CDs Let You Lock In Today’s Interest Rates for the Long Term

These CDs Let You Lock In Today’s Rates Long Term

These CDs can help you lock-In today’s interest rates for the long term.

Here are the highest APYs on long-term five-year CDs from online banks, credit unions and more.

If the Fed starts cutting interest rates in 2024 or beyond, a five-year CD could pay off.

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Long-term CDs, like those with five-year terms, can be a great way to assign a money set aside for a specific future use, such as a retirement trip or a down payment on a home.

Lock in Today’s Top CD Rates Long Term

These CDs can help you lock-In today’s interest rates for the long term