Marcus Bank CD Promo: 1.10% APY for 10-Month Term, Rising Rate Commentary

March 30, 2022 By Jonathan Ping 2 Comments
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Rates are rising… slowly. Marcus Bank has a 10-month promo CD paying 1.10% APY ($500 min, early withdrawal penalty is 90 days of interest). Ally Bank has a 14-month promo CD paying 1.00% APY (No min, early withdrawal penalty is 60 days of interest). If you have a short-term window, these (sadly) are competitive rates. I figure I should mention them, although you can also get 1%+ APY from a liquid savings account if you know where to look.

Personally, I’m only keeping my cash in short-term lock-ups with high effective APYs like the deposit promos recently from CIT Bank (still live) and Live Oak Bank (probably too late if you haven’t started) and Marcus Bank (already expired).

Overall, I definitely don’t on locking in any 5-year CDs due to the mix of current low rates and impending possibility of higher rates soon. Inflation numbers are still elevated. However, I also don’t expect to see significantly higher rates on savings accounts right away. Banks tend to raise their rates on credit cards first and by a lot, and savings account last and by a little. Via Axios (notice the different scales!):

Filed Under: Banking, Deals & Offers
Last updated: July 6, 2022
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  1. Andy says
    March 31, 2022 at 4:40 am

    You can buy a 1-year U.S. Treasury note yielding 1% right now; the 2-year yields 2.3%. From 2 years out to 10 years the yield curve is very flat. Once you own these you can sell them at any time, but they could go down in value if rates rise–you are only guaranteed that yield if you hold them to maturity. But the nice thing about the steepness in the near part of the yield curve is you can buy a 2-year and be reasonably sure it won’t lose value over the next 12 months unless the 1-year yield rises above that 2.3% (because in a year from now you will be holding a 1-year note).
    You can buy these in increments of $1000 through Schwab with no commissions.

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