Merrill Edge $500 IRA Rollover Bonus VS. E-Trade’s $600 Rollover Bonus

Merrill Edge is now offering a similar IRA rollover bonus that E-Trade has been offering for some time now, however, the bonuses between the two vary depending on the size of one’s nest egg.

Other than the bonus structure, these two IRA’s offer similar services and have similar terms and conditions. Both accounts come with zero maintenance or annual fees. E-Trade customers will be allowed two months of free trading whereas your first 30 trades with Merrill Edge will be free. Read more…

Loan Depot Mortgage Review(s) and Rates

Loan Depot was one of the original pioneers of the ‘direct lenders’ phenom that exploded when the internet began allowing consumers to apply for loans online with a faster approval process and lower mortgage rates. Within the last 25 years Loan Depot has also built and launched two similar start-ups that later merged with Lending Tree and E-Trade.

Today’s Lowest Mortgage Rates in Your Area

Loan Depot aims to separate itself from the Read more…

ETrade IRA Bonus – Up to $500 Cash!

Update: Bonus now up to $600  Use this link.

E-Trade’s marketing team has been relentless over the last year or so by continuously coming up with new E-Trade babies to amuse us during commercials. However, now they’ve put together some pretty enticing online bonus offers to supplement the notoriety their receiving on TV.

Roth IRA and IRA Rollover Bonuses available with E-Trade:

Today if you choose to rollover Read more…

E-Trade Mortgage Review(s) and Rates

Like many online banks in 2008, E-Trade got hit pretty hard by the industry collapse. You may even recall that earlier this year E-Trade sold its online savings accounts to Discover Bank to narrow it’s focus back to their basics – investing. However, according to an E-Trade spokesman, they are getting back into the mortgage game (kind of). TheStreet.com reported in March of 2009, that E*Trades re-emergence in the mortgage business Read more…

Short-term CD rates trending upward?

We just received some positive news from Discover Bank earlier today. They just announced that their 18 month certificate of deposit product will now hold a higher interest rate of 2.25%, up from 2.10% a week earlier. Although this is only a small gain (0.15%) hopefully it is a sign of things to come!

If you’ve been in the market for savings products (particularly FDIC insured ones) lately, then you undoubtedly know that rates have been trending downward since the beginning Read more…