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Why You Should Focus on Travel Rewards Credit Cards
At BestCashCow, we get asked a lot why we focus our credit card section so heavily on travel rewards cards, and less so on cash-back cards (and not at all on no-interest cards, etc). We believe that travel rewards cards are exciting and... Read →Chase offers a great credit card intended for small and medium size business to use, that can make sense for anyone engaged in any sort of business capacity.
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4 Exciting New Travel Rewards Credit Card Offers in May 2018
Editor's Note: The offers referred to in this article below have all expired. To view the most current travel rewards and cash back credit card offers, please visit BestCashCow.com's credit card section. May has already seen... Read →Gas prices are on the rise again, but gas reward cards can help you save some money - if you know what to look for and match the card to your spending habits and credit needs.
Read →The Chase Freedom and the Freedom Unlimited cards can both be used very effectively to boost your ultimate reward balance and accumulate tons of points for travel with one of Chase's great travel partners.
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Financial Advice from a 50-Year Old Who Last Saw a Market Like This in 1999
As I turn 50, I feel it is appropriate to look back and give some advice to a 30-year old me who was encountering a crazy bullish stock market like the current one in 1999. Twenty years ago, I had just turned 30. I was a newly-minted... Read →
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Putin, North Korea, David Faber, Jim Stewart and Your Savings and Brokerage Accounts
There are very few things or people that get my attention on CNBC. I usually find myself switching over to Bloomberg when Joe Kernen or Jim Cramer start rambling. I guess neither were around on Christmas Eve morning because I ended up... Read →
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Fed Leaves Fed Funds Target Rate Unchanged at 1.50% to 1.75%, Plans to Take 2020 Off
The Federal Reserve voted unanimously today to leave the Fed Funds rate unchanged at 1.50% to 1.75%. This move was widely expected after Chairman Jerome Powell and other Fed governors signaled that they were comfortable with where... Read →A number of factors are taken into account when banks and credit unions set the interest rates they pay on Certificates of Deposit (CDs). These include the length of the CD's guarantee period, the need to attract depositor's funds, short and long term economic forecasts and what the competition is offering.
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CDARS - Certificate of Deposit Account Registry Service
CDARS is a service provided by select banks that allows you as a depositor to get up to $50,000,000 in FDIC insurance for Certificates of Deposit.
Read →Brokered CDs pay well below the best online CD rates and have ever since the advent of online banking. Do not be fooled. Any website or individual claiming that they can get you a better rate than the best available rate online is more likely than not an out-and-out fraud.
Read →For boomers, this is a great time to consider taking out a home equity loan (HEL) or home equity line of credit (HELOC).
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Compounding Interest: Is Your Money Working for You?
Your money really adds up much more quickly when you take advantage of higher rates in savings and CD accounts.
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