Spencer Tierney is a consumer banking writer at NerdWallet. He has covered personal finance since 2013, with a focus on certificates of deposit and other banking-related topics. His work has been ...

Saving money can be a challenge in an economy with persistent inflation. After all, if your money doesn't earn a return that's at least equal to inflation, it will lose buying power. But, a ...

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A CD loan lets you borrow from your CD while it earns interest. It’s an uncommon type of secured loan. Typically the only way to use money from a certificate of deposit at a bank or credit union ...

You can open a CD at almost any bank, but it literally pays to find CDs with high interest rates. Shop around at credit unions, banks and other financial institutions. Rates will vary and your go-to ...

Taylor Tepper covered banking, investing and pretty much everything else in personal finance for more than a decade, with his work appearing in the New York Times, Fortune and MONEY magazine, as well ...