With CD rates continuing to drop, I’m considering different strategies for redeploying maturing deposits. One is buying long-term callable CDs and federal agency obligations.

Like the smoke detectors in my home, I check my payable-on-death (POD) accounts twice a year to make sure they’re still operating properly.

In December, I opened online brokerage accounts at Fidelity and Vanguard so I could modestly expand my fixed-income portfolio.

You’ll have the chance to buy up to $15,000 worth of electronic and paper Series I Savings Bonds this year, and take advantage of their very competitive interest rate.

I’m tired of all the ads, especially ads that could point me to the wrong financial path.

If you’re strapped for cash this holiday season, your bank or credit union institution might allow you to skip a loan payment without being penalized.

Fill a prepaid envelope with labels torn from all of the junk mail you don’t want. Send it in and you’re off the mailing lists.

TD Bank is back to annoying my friends and neighbors with yet more fee hikes.

The big eastern bank that operates from Maine to Florida just announced it will boost the cost of:

Wire transfers from $10 to $15.
Certified checks from $4 to $8.
Money orders from $4 to $5.
Stop-payment fees from $25 to $30.

It will also limit [...]

GreenChoice Bank in Chicago is a good example of community banks that are out to support the environment and neighborhoods in serves.