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Rewards cards My primary (go to) card is the Fidelity Rewards Visa card which requires you to deposit the cash back to a Fidelity brokerage account. It pays 2% on everything with no foreign transaction charges. If you also have a managed account with Fidelity, the cash back will range from...

Fidelity auto-roll I also preferred to search the health of the Bank before purchasing CDs, but recently stopped that practice. Spoke directly to a Fidelity fixed income specialist and I was reassured that Fidelity does a certain amount of due diligence regarding brokered CD banks and FDIC...

I used a Fidelity rep to build a corporate bond ladder about 3-4 years ago and other than a reasonable fee for each bond, there was no additional charge. I also had a separate discussion with a very knowledgeable fixed income specialist at Fidelity for no fee. I did share my questions in...

Newbie question I was looking at the first bond and reviewed the recent trades. I see that peeps purchased the bond at different price points, although most were at par. The price varied between 99.95 and 100.333. Although the range (for this bond) was relatively tight, I do not understand...

I keep my HSA funds in an account in Fidelity, solely invested in a covered call ETF (QYLD) and have the dividends deposited to the same account in a money market fund (FDRXX). The ETF currently has a yield over 11% and the money market has a yield of 4.90%. On a monthly basis, I take out a...

Thanks for the input and I will try your suggestions. Regarding your question, my wife finds it useful to know when the washer/dryer is completed (text to iPhone) and when she needs to clean the washer or remove the lint from the dryer. I personally find it useful to know when my...

Thanks for the input. All GSE's that had competitive rates to the highest CDs were callable, so I will pass on that option. For now, I am going to avoid highly rated corporate bonds, especially those from Banks. Too many black swans and too much commercial property debt make Bank corporate...

According to my XFinity app, I have a total of 31 devices, which includes Apple devices, Amazon Echo's, LG Refrigerator, Washer, Dryer, TV's, SONOS Audio, Roku's, NIXPlay Screens, Printers, EUfY Robovac, Blink Video and Computers. What was curious is that I have 3 devices (AEA8871972D...

Have some cash to invest and looking for the best fixed income opportunities that have little to no risk (other than inflation risk). Currently the money is in a Fidelity ETF (FDRXX) that has a current yield of 4.77%. My thought process is that it would be best to invest in medium term CDs...

Free Chase Checking ? You can not have MM funds in a CMA, only FDIC insured cash that Fidelity parses to different banks. Thanks!

Chase Free Checking ? I chose a minimum of $2500 as that would cover my quarterly property taxes, which is typically my highest bill to pay. Will considering dropping it down. Thanks for the idea.

Chase Free Checking ? Chase Premier Plus Checking requires a minimum 15K to avoid fees. Chase Total Checking requires a minimum $1500. No longer remember why I needed the Premier, but no longer matters. :dance:

I have had a Chase checking account as far back as I can remember. To get the free checking, I kept a minimum of 15K in a savings account and had my social security and pension checks automatically deposited to the checking account. I checked the interest rates on Chase and saw it was .01%...

Apple Pay To be 100% accurate, I tried to link a joint Fidelity CMA. I suspect that the "joint" in CMA, may of been the problem.

The Apple Savings account along with Apple Pay seemed like a great idea. For instance, use Apple Pay to get 10% back on groceries (up to $500) and have the money automatically deposited to your new Apple savings account which pays 4.15%. What can go wrong? I could not connect my joint...