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1) Sign up for Ally Bank at www.ally.com
2) Open up a 3 month CD
3) Wait for it to mature.
4) Renew the CD to 5 years at 1.59% APY, and receive a .25% loyalty bonus, for a total of 1.84% APY.

It's worth it to pay the penalty to withdraw money from a CD prematurely.
Ally has a small, 60 day interest penalty, so that means if you cancel after:
1 year you get a resulting APY of 1.54%
2 years you get a resulting APY of 1.69%

Edit: If you purchase or renew your CD after 12/07/2013, the penalty is going up:
3 years         90 days of interest
4 years         120 days of interest
5 years or longer   150 days of interest
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Re: How I'm getting almost triple the 1 year CD % rate for 1 year!
« Reply #40 on: November 04, 2012, 09:48:19 AM »
Why would you want to wait more than 3 months for the higher yield?
+1, but it works on any product.
And there's no problem adding any amount of funds when the 3 months expires or changing it to any new length at that point.
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Re: How I'm getting almost triple the 1 year CD % rate for 1 year!
« Reply #41 on: November 04, 2012, 09:58:29 AM »
Just to be sure: It's the "High Yield CD" i'm applying for? (they have many different types...)

I have the same question.
can someone please give link?

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Re: How I'm getting almost triple the 1 year CD % rate for 1 year!
« Reply #42 on: November 04, 2012, 11:41:52 AM »
Why not just do a 5 year at Ally and take the small 2 month penalty when you need the cash?

How would I go about figuring out the resulting apy (after 60 day penalty is assessed) if I were to pull the funds lets say 6 months, 1 year, 1.5 years, and 2 years from opening date? Assume current 1.64 apy +.25 bonus. Anybody know? They compound the interest daily so Im thinking its a bit more complicated than simple mathematics.

Also is the penalty assessed on the funds you pull or the whole balance?
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Re: How I'm getting almost triple the 1 year CD % rate for 1 year!
« Reply #43 on: November 04, 2012, 11:49:06 AM »
Why do you need to know the exact number?
Just figure that if you have $50K at 2% APY that you're earning $1,000 interest per year or about $83.33 interest per month, so early withdrawal would mean a $166.67 penalty in that case.

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After 1 year that would mean a resulting APY of 1.67% (833.33/50,000).
After 2 years  that would mean a resulting APY of 1.82% (1,832.33/50,000/2).
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Re: How I'm getting almost triple the 1 year CD % rate for 1 year!
« Reply #44 on: November 04, 2012, 11:50:48 AM »
Why do you need to know the exact number?
Just figure that if you have $50K at 2% APY that you're earning $1,000 interest per year or about $83.33 interest per month, so early withdrawal would mean a $166.67 penalty in that case.

I generally like to know exact numbers. Just my nature. Doesn't matter that much I guess.

More importantly what is the penalty assessed on? Whats removed or the whole balance?
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Re: How I'm getting almost triple the 1 year CD % rate for 1 year!
« Reply #45 on: November 04, 2012, 11:52:38 AM »
I generally like to know exact numbers. Just my nature. Doesn't matter that much I guess.

More importantly what is the penalty assessed on? Whats removed or the whole balance?
I've added the APY equations to my post.  The difference caused my monthly compounding may effect it slightly, but not enough to make a huge difference.

I'd assume any withdrawal will cause the full penalty but I don't know that for sure.
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Re: How I'm getting almost triple the 1 year CD % rate for 1 year!
« Reply #46 on: November 04, 2012, 11:56:44 AM »
I've added the APY equations to my post.  The difference caused my monthly compounding may effect it slightly, but not enough to make a huge difference.

I'd assume any withdrawal will cause the full penalty but I don't know that for sure.

Thanks, where can I find the post? I searched the main site, couldn't find it. Can you post a linky?
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Re: How I'm getting almost triple the 1 year CD % rate for 1 year!
« Reply #48 on: November 04, 2012, 12:18:16 PM »
http://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=13492.msg331179#msg331179
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classic spaz moment. Thanks

Decided to call Ally again: If you want to withdraw early then that terminates the CD entirely and the penalty is assessed on the full balance. Once you sign up and the funds are placed they can give you exact numbers using their software so you'll know precisely what closing early will cost you. Hope this helps.
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Re: How I'm getting almost triple the 1 year CD % rate for 1 year!
« Reply #49 on: January 02, 2013, 10:58:51 PM »
I'm assuming this is pretty obvious, but it's worth mentioning, that since most CD's Ally's are working without fees and with percentages, it would be worth it to split money up. For example, $5000 at 2% with no fees for 5 years could also be invested as two $2500  accounts for 5 years, the advantage being, if needed to get the two month penalty, but you don't need all the money, you'll have half your money not penalized.

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Re: How I'm getting almost triple the 1 year CD % rate for 1 year!
« Reply #50 on: January 02, 2013, 11:15:37 PM »
How would I go about figuring out the resulting apy (after 60 day penalty is assessed) if I were to pull the funds lets say 6 months, 1 year, 1.5 years, and 2 years from opening date? Assume current 1.64 apy +.25 bonus. Anybody know? They compound the interest daily so Im thinking its a bit more complicated than simple mathematics.

Also is the penalty assessed on the funds you pull or the whole balance?
The formula used to calculate compound interest is:

M = P( 1 + i )n
M is the final amount including the principal.
P is the principal amount.
i is the rate of interest per year.
n is the number of years invested.
Applying the Formula
Let's say that I have $1000.00 to invest for 3 years at rate of 5% compound interest.
M = 1000 (1 + 0.05)3 = $1157.62.
You can see that my $1000.00 is worth $1157.62.
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Re: How I'm getting almost triple the 1 year CD % rate for 1 year!
« Reply #51 on: January 02, 2013, 11:24:24 PM »
The formula used to calculate compound interest is:

M = P( 1 + i )n
M is the final amount including the principal.
P is the principal amount.
i is the rate of interest per year.
n is the number of years invested.
Applying the Formula
Let's say that I have $1000.00 to invest for 3 years at rate of 5% compound interest.
M = 1000 (1 + 0.05)3 = $1157.62.
You can see that my $1000.00 is worth $1157.62.
Same for days.
except that ur forumla is wrong the formula should read M= P(1+i)^n

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Re: How I'm getting almost triple the 1 year CD % rate for 1 year!
« Reply #52 on: January 02, 2013, 11:43:13 PM »
To be honest it was a cutn^paste job

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Re: How I'm getting almost triple the 1 year CD % rate for 1 year!
« Reply #53 on: January 03, 2013, 12:03:07 AM »
except that ur forumla is wrong the formula should read M= P(1+i)^n

don't mess with the actuary  :D

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Re: How I'm getting almost triple the 1 year CD % rate for 1 year!
« Reply #54 on: January 03, 2013, 12:08:06 AM »
don't mess with the wannabee actuary  :D
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Re: How I'm getting almost triple the 1 year CD % rate for 1 year!
« Reply #55 on: January 03, 2013, 01:03:18 AM »
I'm assuming this is pretty obvious, but it's worth mentioning, that since most CD's Ally's are working without fees and with percentages, it would be worth it to split money up. For example, $5000 at 2% with no fees for 5 years could also be invested as two $2500  accounts for 5 years, the advantage being, if needed to get the two month penalty, but you don't need all the money, you'll have half your money not penalized.

To do that you'd need to open 2 3 month cds so you can get the loyalty bonus on both. But a good idea nonetheless.
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Re: How I'm getting almost triple the 1 year CD % rate for 1 year!
« Reply #56 on: January 03, 2013, 05:32:56 AM »
I'm assuming this is pretty obvious, but it's worth mentioning, that since most CD's Ally's are working without fees and with percentages, it would be worth it to split money up. For example, $5000 at 2% with no fees for 5 years could also be invested as two $2500  accounts for 5 years, the advantage being, if needed to get the two month penalty, but you don't need all the money, you'll have half your money not penalized.
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Re: How I'm getting almost triple the 1 year CD % rate for 1 year!
« Reply #57 on: January 03, 2013, 12:11:39 PM »
Is the 5 yr 1.79% CD still available? I can only find a 4 yr 1.35% on their site.
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Re: How I'm getting almost triple the 1 year CD % rate for 1 year!
« Reply #58 on: January 03, 2013, 12:14:07 PM »
5 years is 1.61 APY or 1.86 APY with the 3 months renewal trick.
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Re: How I'm getting almost triple the 1 year CD % rate for 1 year!
« Reply #59 on: January 03, 2013, 12:23:00 PM »
To do that you'd need to open 2 3 month cds so you can get the loyalty bonus on both. But a good idea nonetheless.
True true

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