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Recent National Live Auction CD Rates
for November 20, 2009

Term National Avg APY* Overnight
Auction APY
High-Yield Savings Account Rates 0.19% 1.64%
3 Month CD Rates 0.37% 1.50%
9 Month CD Rates 0.86% 1.75%
1 Year CD Rates 0.86% 1.92%
2 Year CD Rates 1.36% 2.21%

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Source: TheStreet.com

Overnight Auction APY is a sample rate for a nightly auction for a $50,000 deposit.

CD Rates from the Blog

CD Rates Continue to Trend Downward

October 27, 2009

The banking world continues to be plagued by anemic CD Rates, as this article over on Mainstreet attests:You can’t really blame CD investors for seeing... [more]

Is the Government Killing Your Savings with Low Interest Rates?

October 20, 2009

Very interesting article posted over at CNN Money about the federal government's suppression of interest rates in an effort to stimulate the economy and... [more]

CD Rates in the News: September 3, 2009

September 3, 2009

Here are some of the more interesting recent articles and blogs to pop up regarding cd rates:Hoboken411 asks: Is CD Laddering Right for you?For instance... [more]

New Feature: Split Deposits

August 31, 2009

MoneyAisle has another great new feature for registered users: Split DepositsA split deposit involves taking a sum of money and investing it in various... [more]

CD Rate Auctions Now Available for Georgia, Idaho, Puerto Rico

August 24, 2009

Big news on the MoneyAisle front, particularly for those of you who live in Idaho, Georgia, and Puerto Rico.Residents of these locations can now use MoneyAisle... [more]

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The following factors are at play when looking for the best CD rates:

  • The duration (or length) of the CD.
  • Your deposit amount.
  • The current interest rates.

CD Duration

You can have your money in a CD for upwards of five years or as little an amount of time as three months. CD rates can vary based on the duration you choose.

Deposit Amount

Some banks will give you a higher CD rate for a larger deposit (these are sometimes referred to as "jumbo CDs"), and some banks, looking for new deposits, may give higher CD rates as part of a promotion.

Current Interest Rates

Bank CD rates are usually set according to other rates out on the market. If you see interest rates rising, you will generally also see a correlation with bank CD rates. If it looks like interest rates are going to fall then you may not get as high a CD rate on a longer-term deposit.

The MoneyAisle Solution

One way to compare several bank CD rates at once in the span of a couple of minutes is by trying out a MoneyAisle auction - many banks compete live for your CD deposit. By registering for an account and then running an auction for the best CD rate available in our system you'll get the advantage of comparing a large number of bank's rates in just a couple of minutes.

You can also run a test-drive without having to register - a test-drive auction is a real auction with real banks bidding their rates - you'll get to see the best CD rate available in our system at the time of your auction, but you won't have the option of opening your account with the winning bank.

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