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Savings Options

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Review

• Investing and Interest

• Savings Accounts

• Certificates of Deposit

• Bank Money Market Account

• US Savings Bonds

1. If you saved $500 a year for 10 years in a savings account (3%), how much would you have after 10 years? $5903.90

2. If you saved $500 a year for 10 years in a Certificate of deposit (4.94%), how much would you have after 10 years? $6,581.17

3. It is best to find an interest that is compounded (daily, monthly, quarterly, yearly). Yearly

4. Savings accounts are extremely liquid. (True/False)

5. Interest on CD’s is (fixed/variable)? Fixed

6. The longer you keep money in a CD, the (higher/lower) Higher the rate of return will be.

7. The interest rate on a money market account changes (daily/weekly/monthly/yearly). Daily

8. There is usually no minimum balance for a money market account. (True/False)

9. When you buy EE bonds, you pay (1/4, ½, full) value for the bond. Half

10. Savings bonds are fairly risky. (True/False)

11. What is the Rule of 72? This is a quick way to calculate how long it will take to double your money if it is invested at a particular interest rate

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