Six-month CDs continue to offer some of the highest savings yields Written By Written by Staff Senior Editor, Buy Side Miranda Marquit is a staff senior personal finance editor for Buy Side. Edited By ...

-0.40 percentage point (40 basis points). See methodology details Medians, or midpoints, consist of APYs of CDs or share certificates collected from the websites of the following 21 financial ...

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A brokered CD is bought through a brokerage firm rather than a bank. It offers most of the benefits of a traditional CD, plus longer terms and higher interest earnings. At the same time, brokered CDs ...

A jumbo CD is the same as a standard CD, except that it pays a higher APY in exchange for a significantly larger opening deposit, typically around $100,000. Like standard CDs, jumbo CDs offer fixed ...

In recent years, certificate of deposit (CD) interest rates reached historic highs, due, in large part, to the Federal Reserve pushing up its benchmark rate to try and temper inflation. As the ...

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Editor's Note: APYs listed in this article are up-to-date as of the time of publication. They may fluctuate (up or down) as the Fed rate changes. CNBC Select will update as changes are made public. A ...

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