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When building savings, some Americans use a ladder — a CD ladder, that is. A certificate of deposit allows you to deposit money into an interest-bearing account and lock in an interest rate for a ...

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“But in this case you have to get down off the ladder, physically slide the thing—your whole body has to move. It’s kind of like a scaling up of the analog engagement with the book.

“In this case, build a ladder where you buy CDs in $100,000 increments over the next five years, so you would end up with one $100,000 CD that matures in 12, 24, 36, 48 and 60 months.

Capitalize on short-term rates. Right now, short-term CDs of up to 12 months are offering some of the highest rates available. A CD ladder lets you take advantage of these attractive short-term ...

The drawback, of course, is that even these easy-to-trade bond ladder ETFs are not truly a "set it and forget it" strategy. Once they mature, it's up to you as an individual investor to decide ...