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For example, if you buy one CD for $200,000 issued by Bank of America and one CD for $150,000 issued by Wells Fargo, both CDs are fully insured by the FDIC. Then, you have $350,000 in total FDIC ...
[14] On the other hand, he says, bank accounts and CDs are fine for holding cash for a short amount of time. CD rates are correlated with the expected inflation at the time the CD is bought. The actual inflation may be lower or higher. Locking in the interest rate for a long term may be bad (if inflation goes up) or good (if inflation goes down).