Articles

All Articles

Following the Fed's movement of the Fed Funds rate to 50 basis points last week, we are finally seeing competition for your hard earned cash. Here are a couple of neat offers that caught our eye.

Read →
Barack Obama will ultimately go down in history as a failed President, not because of Obamacare (the “Affordable Care Act”) or the billions that were spent on Canadian developers for a website that we here in the US could have... Read →
BestCashCow has always been a big fan of Kara Swisher. We respect everything that she says. We disagree, however, with her today. We live in a democracy. In a democracy, the most influential leaders of the largest industry have a... Read →

Following the Fed's rate increase yesterday - only the second in over a decade - this is a very bad time to be buying long term CDs, even if it is in conjunction with a strategy of buying short term ones.

Read →

With the S&P closing the week at 2259 (and the Dow at 19,757) market observers are seeing something that they want to see, but ignoring reality.

Read →

Over the next four years, small and medium-sized financial institutions will become more competitive with the larger ones due to less regulation.

Read →
Never in the history of mankind has there been a worse time to consider buying municipal bonds. The 30-year US Treasury rate has just moved from 2.50% to closer to 3% in the aftermath of Trump’s election. The Federal Reserve is... Read →

Mnuchin will be responsible for trillions of dollars but totally ignorant of the important difference between LESS AND FEWER.

Read →
When you refinance a mortgage you pay off your existing mortgage loan and replace it with a new mortgage. Homeowners might want to refinance for several different reasons. Some of the most common reasons include obtaining a lower rate,... Read →
Do you know how much money is coming in and going out of your paycheck each month? The best way to gather this information is by creating a budget. This will let you know where you spend your money. You’ll also discover where you can... Read →
According to its website, EverBank is now offering a so-called 3 Year LIBOR Index CD. The product, which is issued without a prospectus, appears from the information on EverBank’s website to be three years in duration, yet based on... Read →
I have written many articles on structured notes on this website over the past several years and fielded a lot of questions from readers of the site about these notes. These types of investments are not FDIC insured and ordinarily require... Read →

Paying down, or paying off, your mortgage will open up a world of possibility.

Read →

EverBank is again offering what it calls a 5 Year Marketsafe Treasury CD. This product should be avoided at all costs.

Read →