- Jul 11, 2001
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I know, this may sound stupid but here goes. I have a pretty large check, not sure how/when I'm going to invest it, figure meantime I should be getting something out of the cash. My local branch banks (Chase and Union Bank) where I have a few accounts (free checking, one savings) have yields that are practically zero on savings accounts. I could tie up the cash in a CD, but the rates for those aren't great and not sure I want to freeze the cash for 6 months or whatever.
I got a letter from Discover (have their credit card) that said they had a 0.87%/year savings thing, FDIC insured (this was around a year ago, but I imagine it's pretty much the same now). Well, I mentioned this to a friend (a business woman, used to be small sole proprietorship, now a successful real estate broker), who told me doesn't think she would do something like that online. She said she wouldn't want to give her money to people who didn't have a B&M presence where she could walk in and talk to them face to face (pretty much her words). What do you think?
I got a letter from Discover (have their credit card) that said they had a 0.87%/year savings thing, FDIC insured (this was around a year ago, but I imagine it's pretty much the same now). Well, I mentioned this to a friend (a business woman, used to be small sole proprietorship, now a successful real estate broker), who told me doesn't think she would do something like that online. She said she wouldn't want to give her money to people who didn't have a B&M presence where she could walk in and talk to them face to face (pretty much her words). What do you think?
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