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Original FDIC insurance certificate

Original FDIC insurance certificate

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FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION CUFFLINKS FDIC

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION CUFFLINKS FDIC

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How Will Bank Failures Affect You?

As the news gets into a frenzy over the recent bank failures, the failed bid for a bailout and the continuing bad news about the economy, many consumers are left wondering just how these bank failures and other events will affect them personally. While there is no one answer, this is a time for caution, [...]

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Can You Trust Online Banks?

Jim writes about personal finance at Blueprint for Financial Prosperity.
I recently had a chat with one of my friends about online banking, how she had just started checking her account online, using bill pay functions, and managing her transactions through a website. She’s a pretty savvy individual, a mechanical engineer by trade, but not especially [...]

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  • Just How Safe is Your Money Right Now? Even after the government took the opportunity to step in and bail out one of our largest insurance companies, the stock market still managed to find a way to completely tank, because many investors were not persuaded that this intervention was going to protect their investments. This is when you......

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Finance 101: Good Debt vs. Bad Debt

I’m amazed by the number of people who seem to be against debt. Debt has become has a problem in America, but I think too many people clump the good with the bad. To the people that don’t like debt, would you take a million dollar loan at 1% interest? I would. I’d immediately put it in a few interest baring accounts that are FDIC insured (I say a few because FDIC insurance doesn’t cover a whole million). At today’s rates, which are historically pretty low, you can make a guaranteed 3% on that money. [...]

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