ING Direct change in APR

dquan97

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Did anyone realize that ING Direct APR is now 2.10%? I only got $34 in interest last month, rather than $39 :|
 

SeaMonki

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ING direct banking still have one of the highest interest rate anywhere..so it's all good. :)
 

blakeatwork

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Originally posted by: RossMAN
Originally posted by: Pepsi90919
ING DIRECT went up from 2.75% to 3%

Where do you see that?

that's the Canadian APR....

If the Bank of Canada boosts interest rates here again, we can expect another 0.15 or 0.25% increase in the ISA's..

too bad Greenspan is probably going to lower US interest rates again... makes savings accounts nearly useless..


 

Night201

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2.75, 2.5, 2.3, 2.2, 2.1: I wonder when it will start to go back up again. I love ING though. Best thing since sliced bread.
 

ElFenix

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yeah, but thats canadian percent so its really like 1%

;)
 

sygyzy

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It changes all the time. It's not some big conspiracy. They have it in bold orange on their front page!
 

Mr N8

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I'm happy with that APR, still, since my local bank offers 1% savings. I wish I had known about ING sooner, since I didn't get an account until savings was 4.5%.
 

Hector13

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Originally posted by: ElFenix
yeah, but thats canadian percent so its really like 1%

;)

Don't worry about it. The good ole' intrest rate parity theorem will fix everything. If you check futures prices for the candien dollar, it will be trading at a discount to current prices (ie, CAD dollars are cheaper for a US investor to buy 90 days from now than they are now). In other words, the market expects the CAD to depreciate (which it "should" if it has a higher interest rate than the US).

Accoring to this page: http://pacific.commerce.ubc.ca/xr/forward.html, the CAD is actually trading at a 2% annual discount (the 90 day future). That is bigger than the 1% interest rate differential.

Sorry, canada loses again :)