May 15, 2020

DJIA (23,436)

S&P 500 (2,831)

10-Year Treasury 0.64%

We hope this email finds you safe and well.  All is good on this side.  I have been working remotely since the middle of March.

As we have mentioned or written to all of our investment clients, we can buy CDs for you via TD Ameritrade Institutional. We have found the rates that TD Ameritrade Institutional offers to be more than competitive. Please let us know if you are interested in opening a CD account with us. Even if you already have an account under our management, a new account would need to be opened. We currently are not charging any fees for these specific CDs.

We are notifying all clients that have us managing a CD account, that when monies are coming due, or are already in their CD account, we are holding off on buying new CDs, solely because rates are near Zero.  Keeping it in cash offers even a lower return, but with cash, unlike a CD, we have daily liquidity.  The risk levels with cash or a CD are the same.  The risks of holding money in cash are also that CD rates could drop even closer to Zero, and we would lose the opportunity of even these rates.  We personally think it is best to see if rates change upwards over the next few weeks or months.

We are holding off reinvesting it, solely because a 1 year CD is currently 0.25%, and who knows if those will be the same tomorrow.  A 6-month CD is currently offering no more than 0.20%.

Here is a grid of general rates offered today:

 

Typically we would never contact a client on this, but since we are suggesting to keep it in cash, We have been contacting our clients just to let them know, and giving them the option of me getting them a CD instead of cash.

Again, we will keep any extra monies in cash, unless for some reason we think investing in a CD, even with these low rates, is what we would consider to be a prudent move.  At this point, w just don’t think investing for near zero rates, and tying up funds is a proper alternative.

Stay safe, strong, and smart!

Regards,

Ron

Ronald R. Redfield CPA/PFS

Redfield, Blonsky & Starinsky, LLC.

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