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6-Month 2.20% Promotional CDs Are a Come-On
About a year ago, some major investment banks began offering their clients promotional CD rates through their licensed banking subsidiaries. Their rates have been higher than nationally available rates and were offered only for “new... Read →
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 →
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A Rock Solid Investment -- And Mothers Roll the Dice with the Lives of Their Children: A Story of Sex, Cancer, and Ignorance
I am talking here about a parent’s opportunity and responsibility to ensure that his or her daughter (son too) receives the HPV vaccine (the human papillomavirus vaccine), preferably between the ages of 11 and 12. This vaccine is an... Read →
May 2018 Brings Higher Savings Rates – Here are 5 That We Think Will Continue to Go Up
As we begin May 2018 and approach the second and third meetings of Jay Powell’s tenure as Chairman of the Fed, we are continuing to see savings rates firm up. While savings rates are improving, they are not where we expect to see... Read →
What is Really Happening between the Koreas?
Why such apparent and abrupt change of positions between North and South Korea? Is it, perhaps, fear on both sides of an unpredictable Donald Trump and what he might do without even a minute’s notice and certainly without... Read →
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Facebook’s Problems Are Just Beginning
In 2004, I founded a company called WiProx. The company was based on a vision that a ubiquitous platform could deliver contextual advertising to individuals who have opted into this advertising and who would receive consideration... Read →
The 10-Year Crosses 3% - As Public Interest in CDs Increases, Avoid Brokered CDs
I have come across a lot of people recently who believe that this is the time to lock into long-term CDs now that the US 10-Year Treasury has crossed 3%. I believe that both short-term and long-term interest rates will be much higher at... Read →
The Six Biggest Crimes of Online Banks
It has been over 15 years now since I opened my first online savings accounts with ING Direct (now Capital One 360) and HSBC Direct (now HSBC Advance). In that time, I have experienced a lot of different service levels and experienced... Read →
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Michael Cohen Is Not Flipping
Over the last two days, it has been very difficult to turn on the news without a major network reporting that Michael Cohen may flip and turn State’s evidence on the man who has employed him for a decade as his organization’s... Read →
Ally Invest Offering $3,500 for New Account Holders Bringing Over $2 MM
For many years, ETrade and TD Ameritrade have given customers $2,500 for bringing over $1,000,000 in cash or securities into a new or existing account (these bonuses are ordinarily limited to one per year). Ally Invest today sent an... Read →
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The Philadelphia Video Could Cause Starbucks to Lose Half Its Valuation
I’ve patronized Starbucks for years. The business model – in the US, in Europe and in Asia - is one of getting the stores to look full. I’ve never been to a Starbucks where customers aren’t encouraged to just... Read →
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Cohen Raid Brings RICO Into Play
With the raid of Michael Cohen’s office, it is becoming clear that Special Counsel Robert Mueller had decided to pursue a RICO case against Trump and his associates and perhaps his family. Passed in 1970, the Racketeer Influenced... Read →
Savings and CD Rates Move Higher In April – 5 Interesting Nationally Available Rates
Following the Fed’s raising of the Fed funds rate in March, we have seen savings and CD rates begin to tick higher as we move towards the Fed’s second meeting with Jay Powell as Fed Chairman. Powell’s testimony... Read →
Hyatt Paris Madeline is Not a Bad Way to Use Your Chase Points in Paris
On my most recent trip to Paris, I stayed at both of the Park Hyatt Vendôme and Hyatt Paris Madeline. I think that Hyatt points now represent the best value for hotel point redemptions in Paris, and perhaps in all of Europe. I am... Read →
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