Freedom — A Poem

July 3, 2007 on 6:59 pm | In Inspiration | No Comments

Freedom is thirteen stripes and fifty stars
A uniform decorated with ribbons and bars
An Iowa farm with its fields of corn
Church bells ringing on a Sunday morn

Freedom is over head missiles, a battle group at sea
For the price of Freedom has never been free
It’s Marines and Soldiers hunkered in a fox hole
A nation banned together in a common goal

Freedom is living and working side by side
To dare to hope and opportunities tried
People coming to the aid of a stranger
Putting their own lives in the path of danger

Freedom is apple pie and the girl next door
A small town with a mom and pop store
It’s baseball, reunions, it’s the forth of July
A lump in our throats as the flag passes by

Freedom is the compassion that we have for our own
Standing shoulder to shoulder when disaster hits home
Our symbol the Eagle, so let Freedom soar
It’s principles and standards, Americans died for

~Barbara Cox~

HSBC Direct Savings Account Rate – Updated Jan 2008

July 3, 2007 on 10:02 am | In Best Savings Rates | No Comments

Updated 11/04/08

HSBC has one of highest savings rates. The current savings rate is 3.00% APY. The account needs to be set-up on-line. Keep in mind that your actual earnings will depend on how long you leave the funds in the account.

They are quite a large bank with over $169 Billion in assets. In the US, they have multipel FDIC#s, but it appears the savings accounts are issued under FDIC# 57890.

Bank CD Rates Moving Down

July 3, 2007 on 7:56 am | In Bank CD Rates, Economy | No Comments

Here we are about a week after the FOMC left rates at 5.25%.? The last time they changed rates was over a year ago in June of 2006.

We have seen most rates go down by about 5 Basis Points.? Still some specials out there though.?

Check out our Certificate of Deposit Rates