NorCalSavant

If you have cash sitting in your checking or savings account earning a measly one-half percent, you might be able to earn as much as 6% on a checking account.  Unbelievable?  It is true at the many so-called rewards checking accounts.  These are typically offered by small community banks and credit unions trying to lure [...]

Once upon a time, Joe the plumber (yeah the same one, our much bandied recent alter ego) had to pay his respects at a big tall building with expensive furniture otherwise known as the neighborhood bank and smilingly accept small fractions for interest rate on his savings account because that was all that was available. [...]

Got some cash sitting in the bank in your savings or checking accounts?  Historically, you could have invested that extra cash in a CD at a bank for a little higher interest rate than that from the savings or checking account.  But now there is another option where you can get even higher returns. With [...]