FinanceDude
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No, I'm serious! (heh)
I guess if I answered the customer service number at VG or Fido, I'd then be a good advisor?
No, I'm serious! (heh)
I'm impressed that you can get 5.71% on laddered CDs over 7 years, how did you do that? Maybe it doesn't matter, since your expenses are so low and you don't need to draw them down. But I've been looking to ladder CDs over 7 years, and even with 6% 7 year PenFed CDs, if I spread them equally over those 7 years the first few years kill me with low return.
I assume R Wood picked up a slug of the 6.25% CD's from PenFed earlier this year, but you can fill in the lower rungs with pretty high rates if you spread them across banks:
CD Thread, Post The Best Rates You Can Find Here!
I guess if I answered the customer service number at VG or Fido, I'd then be a good advisor?
Ya know, if I made that comment in a wardroom full of nuclear submariners they'd all be nodding their heads, thinking "Yeah, I'm so there" and calculating how fast they could punch through the 700 applications. Ideally on a Saturday night so that it wouldn't interrupt their workweek.Hey Nords: I know you were joking about 700 $1K applications at PENFED.
Listen - you really did them a big favor. It's great that the head guy was there. I bet they really learned something - especially about their competitive situation.
They should have taken you out to lunch!
Audrey
Perfect! I know someone at Vanguard and I think I can put a good word in for you.
It just shows you get what you paid for with a "free" review, a sales pitch for their products. How do you keep track of all those cd's?