High-yield savings accounts get most of the attention. But there are specific situations where a CD is the smarter move.

A busy month of rising inflation, unchanged Fed rates and sinking consumer confidence draws to a close, yet one thing you can count on is the guaranteed returns of a certificates of deposit. Right now ...

All eyes are on today's jobs report expected to determine the size of the first interest rate cut in four years — by either a quarter or a half point — when the Federal Reserve meets on Sept. 17. It's ...

We independently evaluate all of our recommendations. If you click on links we provide, we may receive compensation. Inflation hit 5% in March—below many of the best CD rates Yasmin Ghahremani is a ...

Another Fed meeting, another rate cut. And more people are racing to lock in certificates of deposit (CDs) before savings rates drop even further. I get the logic. CDs are great for some situations ...