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SmartyPig, you are sweet

E*Trade sent me a sad email earlier this month. My annual interest rate, which had hovered around 2.5 percent, has shriveled to 0.95 percent - a significant, upsetting reduction.
I decided to shop around for better deals. There really weren’t many. Most banks have lowered their rates in recent months, even for online-only accounts (thanks, crappy [...]