https://freerepublic.com/tag/bertacky/ en-us Wed, 25 Aug 2010 19:17:45 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2577351/posts Thoughts while pondering the 43 cents of interest I earned on my savings. A few days ago I received my monthly statement from Fidelity Investments, where I keep some of my retirement savings. It told me that the cash I keep in a money market account there is earning an annual rate of interest of 0.01%. Yes, that is one one-hundredth of one percent. I have enough cash in that account to buy a fancy new car or take a glorious long vacation but it earned me the grand sum of 43 cents in interest in the month of July.... American Spectator https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2577351/posts#comment Wed, 25 Aug 2010 19:17:45 GMT