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Old 03-11-2008, 09:04 AM
Aleta Aleta is offline
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You said that you wanted your money to grow quickly. To do that you would have to take some risk.

Having a savings account allows you to park your money and to allow it to earn some interest until you need it. Hopefully, you will not stop with $100. You will add more. Interest grows over time and before you know it you your interest starts earning interest. Our rates have recently fallen and so you're not going to make as much.

Wealth is grown slowly and you might want for your principal to be safe. I think that some of the online savings accounts are paying just under what CD's are paying. I wouldn't tie my money up in a CD for such a small amount.
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