Savings accounts have not been worth anything since the 1980s. These days you may be lucky to get 3% return. Money markets can vary, but it's not much better, sometimes worse.
For credit cards, prime rate has climbed a bit in the past year or so. It was under 5% in 2003-2004, but has risen again several points. Though still under 10%. If your credit card % APR is more than 9-10%, you're getting screwed. Better cards are about 7-8% fixed.
Not sure what home mortgage is, money wise, but it's still at a very low rate, great for re-financing.
Never been a CD man, I prefer mutual funds and outright stocks. Maybe some "safe" commodity funds, but anybody under 50-60 doesn't need to worry about "safe" anyway.
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