Ben Carlson

Interest Rate Chasing in Your Savings Account

Yesterday I got an email from Marcus, my online savings account. They lowered the interest rate on my savings (and everyone else’s) from 2.25% to 2.15%. I heard stories from people who use other savings accounts that also saw a drop. These online savings accounts are obviously getting ahead of the possible Fed rate cut…

Animal Spirits: The Great Depression of 2073

This week’s Animal Spirits is sponsored by MarketSmith: Go to www.investors.com/animal to receive your first three weeks of the MarketSmith service for just $19.95. We discuss: Why Michael is getting back into trading Facebook’s new cryptocurrency Is it a good thing more professional investors are buying up starter homes? Should Vanguard get into private equity? Should the…