If you have savings in a CD and your term is almost up, avoid this common mistake—while jumping on today's great rates before ...

Right now, there are still CDs that pay as much as 4.00%-4.50% APY, depending on the term. When it comes to safe, guaranteed returns, you can't do much better than that. Say you deposit $10,000 in ...

A child’s savings account almost always offers a tax advantage—and if you shop around, it could also earn a much higher APY ...

Debt mutual funds hold fixed income instruments like government securities, treasury bills and corporate debt. When interest rates fall, outstanding higher-yielding bonds are of higher market value ...

The current CD account interest rate forecast indicates that it's likely rates will likely stay steady or drop this May — but that doesn't mean savers are out of luck in terms of good CD returns.

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Some have rates as high as 4% to 4.75%, according to Bankrate. Another option might be a money market mutual fund, which invests in short-term, low-risk debt instruments.

CD interest rates range from 0.23% for a 1-month CD to 1.32% on a 5-year CD, according to December 2024 data from the FDIC. So, technically, any CD rate over that mark would be considered a good ...