A jumbo CD is the same as a standard CD, except that it pays a higher APY in exchange for a significantly larger opening deposit, typically around $100,000. Like standard CDs, jumbo CDs offer fixed ...

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A CD ladder can be a helpful strategy if you don’t want to go all in on one CD, especially if you want to catch higher CD rates down the road. It works like this: you open multiple CDs at different ...