After the latest Fed rate cut, the best CD rates today are reaching up to 5.11% APY. Take advantage of these yields before ...

What Are Certificate of Deposit (CD) Ladders? A Certificate of Deposit (CD) ladder is an investment strategy involving the purchase of multiple CDs with varying maturity dates, providing a steady ...

A "CD ladder" may sound like some complex investing strategy, but it's actually very simple. It allows you to earn high interest without keeping all of your savings locked up for months or years.

Should Certificates of Deposit (CDs) be part of your retirement savings plan? With top CD rates still near 4%–5% in 2025, ...

Miranda Marquit, MBA, is a freelance contributor to Newsweek’s personal finance team. She has an M.A. in journalism from Syracuse University and has been writing and podcasting about money since 2006.

(CNN) — If you have a lot of cash on hand, it should be making money for you. One way to ensure it continuously does that is to set up a ladder of Treasuries or FDIC-insured certificates of deposit ...

My wife and I are saving $50,000 to buy a rental property in 2027. Our CD ladder strategy should earn us around $2,100 in interest. Buying CDs now locks in today's top interest rates and protects us ...

Annuity laddering is a strategic approach that distributes the purchase of annuities over time with varying terms or maturity dates. Inspired by the concept of laddering in Certificates of Deposit ...