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Old 11-25-2009, 09:26 PM
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Originally Posted by wincrasher View Post
This is why laddering is so important.

Don't lock all your money up in one CD. If you buy a 12month CD every month, in a year's time, you'll have a CD maturing every month.

Then you have the opportunity to take advantage of rates as they change. Alot of people are thinking that rates will more up significantly in a year or two.
This is a terrific idea and the low rates can't last forever. Inflation has to hit sooner or later.
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