Online Broker Rewards

Online brokers facing intense competition for accounts are offering incentives to open a new account with their brokerage firm. Some of the deals available this week include:
Charles Schwab
high yield checking account available with 3.01% APY and no ATM Fees for Schwab customers
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TD Ameritrade
-$100 cash bonus + 30 days of free trading for new accounts opened [...]

TD Ameritrade Promotions - 5.30% CDs and $300 cash

TD Ameritrade is running two interesting promotions. The first allows all customers who open a new brokerage account to qualify for a 90-day 5.30% APY CD at TD Bank in their brokerage account with a minimum deposit of $10,000 by February 1, 2008. Read the fine print here.

The second promotion is a $300 cash giveaway [...]

3 Ideas for Savings Investors - Series I Bonds, Municipal Bonds, Online Bank Rate Deals

The stock market has had a rough start in 2008 with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 10% for the year with more trouble anticipated. The volatility of the markets has launched a continued flight-to-quality into safer investments just at a time when the rates and yields on those investments are dropping in line with [...]