Say that you have a savings account that yields 2% APR. The bank pays interest quarterly. How do they figure out what to pay each quarter? Esp. if a deposit is made to the account weekly?
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Say that you have a savings account that yields 2% APR. The bank pays interest quarterly. How do they figure out what to pay each quarter? Esp. if a deposit is made to the account weekly?
The money i receive from a high interest savings account, do i have to report that as “earned money” to the government?
I got a thing in the mail saying I could get a $5000 loan (with a 3% charger per transaction) for 0% interest for a year. Can I just put that into a high interest savings account and then when the year is up pay off the loan and keep the interest earned? Seems like [...]
I live in Japan and would really like to start putting away money for the future. I don’t want to invest in stocks or bonds but a long term savings account sounds ok. Any advice on banks and the different types of savings accounts? I’d really like to know about special accounts as well for [...]
With increased savings rather than investment, how does this lower interest rates? I always though interest rates were set by the central bank (Bank of England or FED etc)?
Why should I bother putting $1000 into a standard savings account at 2% interest to make a measly $20 at the end of the year, of which I have to pay 15% or more in taxes? Why can’t they leave their hands off your money and encourage more people to save?
I want to open a Bank of America account linked to mine, but he would then have a high interest account (emigrant direct) linked so he could earn 5% on his savings. This is in addition to a 529 I am going to open for him, but gifts made to him personally would go to [...]
I am going to open a saving account for my nephew and was going to go through Fifth Third bank. I use Fifth Third personally but they only offer 0.10% interest on their Minor’s Savings Accounts. Are there any banks out there that give you more then that?
Lets say I want to put 100 dollars in a 7 month savings bond @ 4.28 the current rate. With monthly accumulating intrest you gain 34.09. If you take 100*.0428 you gain only 29.96. On a small scale its only 4.13 difference on a large scale it could be much more!!! While its maturing will [...]
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