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A retiree named Bob is confronting a dilemma many of his peers face: His nest egg is parked in safe cash investments, like certificates of deposit, and earning barely any interest. What can he do to get a better return? Laura Rowley looks at an increasingly popular alternative.
A few years ago, with $1 million invested in CDs, you could have lived off your interest, but with rates at historic lows, now your returns would barely cover a few mortgage payments. This is forcing retirees to find new, fairly safe ways to get those returns. The experts' pick? Dividend stocks.
As the stock market continues to spook investors, many are fleeing to the safety of bank certificates. Here's why they're looking good now and how to pick the right one for you.
Recorded music sales in America plunged another 7% last year as the sharp 16% drop in CD revenue more than offset gains in digital-media sales, according to new report. Overall sales fell despite the fact that illegal downloads of music have declined markedly since LimeWire was shut down.
Jean Chatzky: Protect Yourself Now From Rising Interest Rates
4:58PM 2/15/2011
Interest rates have no where to go but up. When that happens will you be ready? In this video, personal finance expert Jean Chatzky explains what you need to to do now to protect your wealth.
Best Buy is reducing the number of DVDs and CDs it sells to make room for more current and popular products. While the retailer isn't doing away with the category entirely, it has been scaling back over recent years, consistent with the decline of packaged media and rise of digital downloads....
RIP, CD: Best Buy to Cut CDs, DVDs as Google, Apple Prep for Music War
4:50PM 9/15/2010
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Bowing to reality, Best Buy will slash the floor space it devotes to compact discs and DVDs this holiday season. It's a reflection of the record industry's grinding digital transformation. Meanwhile, Google is getting ready to challenge Apple, the digital music king.
Europe's Sovereign Debt Crisis: Is Round Two Around the Corner?
4:20PM 8/30/2010
Europe's shakiest economies managed to ride out a sovereign debt crisis this spring with a lot of help from their more stable neighbors and the major central banks. But new data suggests we may soon see a replay of the debt default crisis.
Former AIG Executive Says AIG Bailout Was Needlessly Expensive
4:30PM 6/30/2010
Former AIG executive Joseph Cassano, who led the insurer's ill-fated CDS unit, says he has no idea why the government paid full price to cover AIG's swaps, asserting that he could have "negotiated an appreciably better deal" for taxpayers.
In this low interest rate environment, returns on CDs are paltry. But they could still play a useful role in your portfolio of protecting your capital. Here are some tips for using CDs effectively.
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