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Interest Rate Survey for May 2007Your Place for Fixed Income Investment News (5.55% APY CD)A survey of rates for Fixed Income Investments. Top paying CDs (5.55%), TIPS, Ibonds, Treasuries, FHLB and even a money market fund paying 5.22% APY!
Definition: A Certificate of Deposit or CD is certificate from a bank stating that the named party has a specified sum on deposit, usually for a given period of time at a fixed rate of interest. Often there is a penalty for early withdrawal (taking your money out before the specified period of time.) Highest Rate is 5.55% for a 17 Month CD. (Click here for rate sheets for each institution listed)
See the full rate survey below in table form here with links to more information about each bank. Best Rate Money Market Fund
US Treasuries:
See the full rate survey in table form here Treasury notes, sometimes called T-Notes, earn a fixed rate of interest every six months until maturity. Notes are issued in terms of 2, *3, 5, and 10 years. (The 3 year note will end soon) TIPS: Treasury Inflation Protected SecuritiesInflation Indexed Treasury Bond Rates. See the full rate survey below and in table form here
FHLB or Federal Home Loan Bank Rates: See the full rate survey below and in table form here
*Moodys/S&P Ratings ** Call Protected "Yes" means the bond is not callable. Call Protected "No" means the bond is callable.
The copyright of the article Interest Rate Survey for May 2007 in Investment is owned by Kirk Lindstrom. Permission to republish Interest Rate Survey for May 2007 in print or online must be granted by the author in writing.
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