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How do you assess whether a given institution is ‘safe’ to invest your money in if it’s a place you haven’t heard of before? I suspect this may be answered elsewhere in the forum, but I’m not sure how to query for that.
I either buy it right at the bank that I currently bank with.
Or at one of my brokerage accounts which will allow my to buy CD's all over the Country. If my brokerage sells me a fake CD, they will be responsible, so I'm sure they check it out.
The one thing I won't do, is buy from some unknown online website, there has been scams to steal money. Reported on this site and frankly they are tricky and it would be sad to lose the money.