http://www.bank-cd-rates.net/top-cd-rates Simplifying Your Rate Search Tue, 31 Mar 2009 04:18:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We've seen a downturn in the Best Bank CD Rates this month. With the FOMC giving signals that they won't be raising rates anytime soon and the treasury buying their own debt, it has caused yields to drop. Here are some of the top players in the market. PenFed ... http://www.bank-cd-rates.net/top-cd-rates/2009/03/30/best-bank-cd-rates-march-2009/ GMAC Bank of Midvale, UT currently has some of the highest CD interest rates in the country. They have a fairly easy set-up process that is done on-line. Funds can be transferred electronically via ACH (same system that on-line bill pay systems use), through a wire transfer (typically the sending ... http://www.bank-cd-rates.net/top-cd-rates/2009/03/24/cd-interest-rates-gmac-bank-ut/ Bank of America (stock symbol BAC) has been in the news for a long-time now. Their stock price a year ago was at $43.00. It recently traded as low as $2.53. They traded as high as $55 back in December of 2006. The became the poster ... http://www.bank-cd-rates.net/top-cd-rates/2009/03/07/bank-of-america-will-they-survive/ In this time of low rates, I thought it would be helpful to provide a Bank CD Rate Comparison.  There are numerous Bank rates out there, but here are some of the best.  I didn't limit this to just banks, because there are some credit unions that are Federally insured ... http://www.bank-cd-rates.net/top-cd-rates/2009/01/27/bank-cd-rate-comparison/ [Updated: 3/26/09] I thought I would take a quick moment to update Pentagon Federal Credit Union's CD Rates. Unlike many banks of the same size they are quite healthy. Their longer-term CDs are the most competitive at this time. They have a 3-year CD Rate of 3.50% APY. ... http://www.bank-cd-rates.net/top-cd-rates/2009/01/15/penfed-credit-union-cd-rates/ This is be a part two of my four part series on banks in the states of the Vice Presidential/Presidential candidates. This post will focus on Joe Biden's homestate; the banks of Delware and their CD Rates. First thing you'll notice is the banks in Delaware are some of the ... http://www.bank-cd-rates.net/top-cd-rates/2008/10/30/delaware-de-banks-cd-rates/ On October 3, 2008, President Bush signed the Bail-out plan into law. Part of the package was an increase in the FDIC insurance limit to $250,000.00. At this time, however, it is only temporary. This part of the plan is set to expire on 12/31/2009. In the meantime, ... http://www.bank-cd-rates.net/top-cd-rates/2008/10/07/fdic-increases-insurance-limit/ Now that the bail-out has failed it will be interesting to see what happens to the CD Rates in the USA. Apparently, the House of Representatives is closed for a few days to honor the Jewish Rosh Hashana holiday. Two things could happen in the short-term. 1) USA ... http://www.bank-cd-rates.net/top-cd-rates/2008/09/29/cd-rates-in-usa/ I'm sorry, but I just can't jump on the band wagon for this bail-out. I know a lot of people are saying it is necessary or the American financial system will fail. Poppy-cock. Without the bail-out the cleansing that needs to take place will take place. ... http://www.bank-cd-rates.net/top-cd-rates/2008/09/23/700bb-youve-got-to-be-kidding/ I thought it might be fun to feature banks in the home states of the current Presidential / Vice-Presidential candidates. As most of you know, the VP for the Republican Party is Sarah Palin from Alaska (AK). This will be a four-part series and after I'm all done, ... http://www.bank-cd-rates.net/top-cd-rates/2008/09/11/alaska-ak-bank-rates/