GE Interest Plus
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GE Interest Plus
We have around good amount of cash in our GE interest plus account. My husband works for GE and has lots of faith in GE.
With current financial crisis, is GE interest plus save. It is not FDIC insured.
With current financial crisis, is GE interest plus save. It is not FDIC insured.
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safety first
If I were in that position, I would liquidate the account to a level where I felt comfortable with the amount of money in it.
In this environment, reaching for yield is far too risky for money that is intended to simply earn interest.
I would put the money into an FDIC insured account even though the interest is less.
Otherwise, you're counting on a corporation to repay you. Again, in this environment, there's no reason to take that risk.
JMHO
Steve
In this environment, reaching for yield is far too risky for money that is intended to simply earn interest.
I would put the money into an FDIC insured account even though the interest is less.
Otherwise, you're counting on a corporation to repay you. Again, in this environment, there's no reason to take that risk.
JMHO
Steve
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Re: GE Interest Plus
I think GE Interest Plus is very safe, but IT IS NOT GUARANTEED. Why take chances with money that's supposed to be in safe investments? Your husband works for GE and probably has a lot of GE stock, so you're already at risk if something were to happen to GE. Don't take the risk with your cash; move it to an FDIC Insured bank account.vandanagoel wrote:We have around good amount of cash in our GE interest plus account. My husband works for GE and has lots of faith in GE.
With current financial crisis, is GE interest plus save. It is not FDIC insured.
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It may be a nonfinancial company, but a very large percentage of its business is under GE Financial. GE Money provides credit services to more than 130 million customers — like retailers, consumers, auto dealers and mortgage lenders. Also, GE provides loans, operating leases, financing programs, commercial insurance, equipment leasing of every kind, and other services in over 35 countries around the world.Easy Rhino wrote:It's basically the same as owning one big uninsured GE bond.
GE is seemingly the last AAA rated nonfinancial company. There is substantial risk.
In any case GE may be big and considered safe, it still has risk. Lehman Brothers, Enron, AIG, etc. were considered big and considered safe.
Is it worth the risk holding much of your savings in one company?
Jim
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Re: GE Interest Plus
GE is probably safe, but not surely so. These are not normal times-- GE Bank could be swept away due to no fault of its ownvandanagoel wrote:We have around good amount of cash in our GE interest plus account. My husband works for GE and has lots of faith in GE.
With current financial crisis, is GE interest plus save. It is not FDIC insured.
I would recommit this money to an FDIC insured account, inside the FDIC limit of $100k.
If you feel bad about this, split it 50/50 between GE and such an account.
This is not about what interest you get, it is about maximum safety for your money.
Faith
Faith is derived from a sense of emotional attachment to GE. I'm sure they're a great company.
Ask your husband what GE Money's exposure is to credit swap defaults. If he doesn't know: TAKE THE MONEY OUT.
Faith is what people have in place of knowledge.
Anthony
Ask your husband what GE Money's exposure is to credit swap defaults. If he doesn't know: TAKE THE MONEY OUT.
Faith is what people have in place of knowledge.
Anthony
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GE Interest PLus
Thanks every body for the response. it is very much appreciated.
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money market yield
skibo could you pls tell us which money market fdic is giving 4.00%
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Re: money market yield
Money Market Funds are not FDIC insured. The US Treasury is briefly insuring some of them.vandanagoel wrote:skibo could you pls tell us which money market fdic is giving 4.00%
Money Market Accounts are FDIC insured. The name is really a misnomer.
I wouldn't worry so much about the rate (higher rate means higher risk) but getting about the average rate out there, and staying within FDIC limits per account and per institution in all cases.
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Re: money market yield
WaMu Online Savings is at 4.00%.vandanagoel wrote:skibo could you pls tell us which money market fdic is giving 4.00%
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Re: money market yield
WaMu is almost certain to be the next bank insolvency (or the next big one).TheEternalVortex wrote:WaMu Online Savings is at 4.00%.vandanagoel wrote:skibo could you pls tell us which money market fdic is giving 4.00%
Tread carefully, there. Stay inside FDIC limits and do not put all your eggs in that basket.
GE interest plus
I've had a GE account for about 5 years and it works fine. I've recently moved most of the money to an FDIC account but I'm thinking that now would be a good time to move it back. Good experience for me.
Anyway, I'm wondering what other companies offer accounts similar to this one. For example there's Ford
its at www dot fordcredit dot com
and of course GE
Do you experts know of other companies?
Thanks,
Randy
Anyway, I'm wondering what other companies offer accounts similar to this one. For example there's Ford
its at www dot fordcredit dot com
and of course GE
Do you experts know of other companies?
Thanks,
Randy