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Old Jan 19, 2010 | 10:45 AM
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Looking for a new savings account for 'long term' savings. Who do you use and whats their yield? I am moving my checking and savings to PNC, but both don't really have decent APY's USAA's APY sucks balls. Thanks.
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Old Jan 19, 2010 | 11:01 AM
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Doesnt exist The days of 5% apr are long gone :sad: I think ING is at 1.25%
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Old Jan 19, 2010 | 11:02 AM
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Yeah.. PNC is at like .05 for the free account and .40 for one of the 'big money' accounts.. usaa was around .6x i think... might just be better off keeping savings there.
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Old Jan 19, 2010 | 11:03 AM
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Originally Posted by b00gers
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Doesnt exist The days of 5% apr are long gone :sad: I think ING is at 1.25%
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Old Jan 19, 2010 | 11:05 AM
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Old Jan 19, 2010 | 11:11 AM
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I was looking at this recently and I think ING had the highest Interest rate but it wasn't much. I don't really think it's worth it just to get an extra few bucks a year.
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Old Jan 19, 2010 | 11:27 AM
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i can get a 1.25%APR with my bank for a 9-month cd., or 2.5%APR for 2.5 years.
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Old Jan 19, 2010 | 11:40 AM
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You know you can make 5-10% every couple months in the stock market playing the right stocks and knowing when to buy and sell. I've been playing Apple like that for a bit now. Wait for the price to dip, drop some g's on it, then sell it when it climbs back up. I made 3% today on it h:
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Old Jan 19, 2010 | 11:49 AM
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High rates don't exist any more .

http://www.ally.com/ has ok rates.
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Old Jan 19, 2010 | 11:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Pete
You know you can make 5-10% every couple months in the stock market playing the right stocks and knowing when to buy and sell. I've been playing Apple like that for a bit now. Wait for the price to dip, drop some g's on it, then sell it when it climbs back up. I made 3% today on it h:
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