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Residents and existing Doctors can benefit from a mortgage offered by some banks called a Doctor or a Physician Mortgage. The Doctor Mortgage offers special underwriting and rates to residents as well as just starting out doctors who may... Read →

I have written previous on BestCashCow.com about debt side Structured Notes. While these Notes involve real risks, they present those investors with a long-term time horizon with the opportunity to pick up yield.

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Information on how much of a risk the Heartbleed bug is for online banking and financial transactions. Tips on what you can do to protect yourself.

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Bank deposit rates have continued to move higher in 2014. View the top rates on savings and CDs and what we expect to happen during the rest of the year.

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Another sign of a frothy equity market has arrived in the form of a new equity-based structured note format that is making its way across Wall Street, and allowing brokers to market high yielding sexy products tied to some of the names that have driven the equity markets to their current levels. Unless you have the ability and the knowledge to properly hedge the risk of these instruments, you should avoid them.

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Goldman Sachs and other investment banks are currently syndicating an FDIC-insured CD offering from Goldman Sachs Bank USA. The product is interesting, but involves significant risks, including the risks of low long term rates and a 15 year maturity. Therefore, depositors should chose shorter term Bump-Up CDs from Ally or CIT over this product.

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It's often assumed that being a saver kills the passion in a relationship. Here are five tips on how to be a prudent spender in a way that lights a spark in any relationship.

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The WSJ reported today that Bank of America has begun to test a new checking account that charges $4.95 per month but won't allow overdrafts. The account is targeted to low balance customers that won't meet other account balance... Read →

CIT Bank today raised its savings rate from 0.90% APY to 0.95% APY. It follows a move from GE Capital Retail Bank earlier in the week to raise the rate on several CD terms. As the unemployment rate continues to drop, look for more and more banks to begin raising rates.

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It is a pretty good sign that the economy is heating up again when "fee-only" or "for-fee" financial advisors step back out from the woodwork. These folks should be avoided.

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It's Valentine's Day, or close to Valentine's Day and you are thinking about going out to eat with your significant other and wining and dining him or her with a nice, classy meal. The cost of such a meal is probably in the $200... Read →

In his 2014 State of the Union address President Obama introduced the myRA account and said that the Treasury was taking action to make it available by the end of the year. The account will offer a decent rate of return for a federally guaranteed savings product but comes with some limitations.

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The Fed is still trying to stimulate the economy, including raising the inflation rate. Could it use a theoretical concept called "surprise inflation" to shock the economy and give it a lift? How would "surprise inflation" impact savers and borrowers?

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A person who has put together $5 to $10 million in liquid assets needs to manage cash differently from someone with $50 million +.

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Credit Union West in Arizona is offering some very attractive rates on CDs and rewards checking accounts for those living in Maricopa or Yavapai counties.

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