2/3     Need advice on where to put cash for 1 to 2 years. I only have
        maybe $50K (I'm not a rich old geezer like most of you). CD is
        at an all time low.  So is money market/savings. Gold? Silver?
        Foreign investment? Don't tell me to buy a home, I need a job
        for that.
        \_ teak rainforests!
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1/16    Nikkei 225 back to lows of 2001-2005 and 1986.  Dang.  I thought
        stock markets of developed countries were supposed to return more
        than a savings account over 22 years!
        \_ If you cherry pick your dates, then no it won't.  If you cherry
           pick the other way you'd be a zillionaire.
           \_ i guess we're supposed to wait 40 years?
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7/17    GMAC Bank has kick ass CD rates. Better than ING Direct and
        Emigrant Direct. I'm getting rid of ING because it's only 4.50%:
        http://gmacbank.com/cd-rates.do
        6 month 5.30%
        9 month 5.35%
        12 month 5.40%
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9/3     Hi motd. I'm in my mid 20s and I have about $35K cash. I already
        have a decent place to live and I have a car, thus I don't want to
        spend my cash on anything other than investments. What is a good
        investment strategy for someone like me? Thanks.
        \_ How soon might you need to use the cash? I'd think about buying
           property, although the timing is not so good right now.
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5/8     PayPal is offering 4.58%, which is higher than ING Direct.
        What are some risks of putting $90K (all your lifetime
        savings) into PayPal instead of ING Direct?
        \_ When they tank you'll have to wait through FDICage to get your
           money back?
           \_ they are owned by ebay.
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1/26    Online Savings update:
        http://ingdirect.com:  3.80%
        emigrantdirect: 4.25%
        hsbcdirect:     4.25%
        28-day t-bill:  4.216% (free from state/local taxes)
        capital one:    4.00%
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11/1    A friend has his film X-rays on loan from the lab but needs to
        transfer them to digital format so's he can take them for a second
        opinion. What's a reliable method of doing this without sacrificing
        image quality (and thereby rendering the exercise worthless)? Would
        the old lamp and scanner trick work here, or would there be too many
        flaws to make it worthwhile? Since this is to document the progress
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6/1     I've often heard you should keep 3-6 months of current expenses on hand
        fo an emergency or if laid off.  I could of course keep it in checking
        but that earns under inflation.  My broker's money market pays shit
        too.  What would the MOTD finance gurus suggest?
        \_ Some cash is a good idea.  I keep a few months' worth around--I
           know I lose interest money on it, but I'm paying for the
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3/18    Hello, I've contacted my friend in UK who says an interest rate of 4%
        is not uncommon. He suggests that I look into the following big bank in
        UK: NatWest, LloydsTSB, HSBC, Royal Bank of Scotland, and Abbey Bank.
        Indeed, they all have much higher interest rates than in the US. Here
        is the problem. They all have a requirement that you be a "Resident of
        UK." What kind of proof do they want as a resident of UK? I'm thinking
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3/20    After not really investing seriously in the past, I'm ready to get
        serious about saving both for retirement and buying a house.  I have
        a pretty good idea what I want to invest in, but no idea how to go
        about doing it.  Since I mostly want to do exchange-traded funds (ETFs)
        I don't care too much about the specific fund offerings of a broker.
        I'm looking for a reputable broker with a full-service website, low
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