Good observation. I’m happy with my money market accts(~5%). But I figure banks have access to a lot more info than we do, so I look at CD rates as an indicator.
As far as actually investing in one, I had a CD back in the 90’s and didn’t like it. It’s just not my thing. I’m a stock guy.
Same. I’ve only had one CD, and that was a no penalty CD to hold onto some cash for someone.
I pay state income tax, and t-bill rates are almost always better than CD rates (at least recently) after accounting for state tax rates. So I buy t-bills on autoroll in my brokerage (which is my main bank) with most of my cash, and the rest sits in a money market fund.
I haven’t seen much point, but rates are currently pretty good and I’d probably get them if I didn’t have state income tax.
Good observation. I’m happy with my money market accts(~5%). But I figure banks have access to a lot more info than we do, so I look at CD rates as an indicator.
As far as actually investing in one, I had a CD back in the 90’s and didn’t like it. It’s just not my thing. I’m a stock guy.
Same. I’ve only had one CD, and that was a no penalty CD to hold onto some cash for someone.
I pay state income tax, and t-bill rates are almost always better than CD rates (at least recently) after accounting for state tax rates. So I buy t-bills on autoroll in my brokerage (which is my main bank) with most of my cash, and the rest sits in a money market fund.
I haven’t seen much point, but rates are currently pretty good and I’d probably get them if I didn’t have state income tax.