Here's how I'm thinking through where to put my $35,000 windfall, from short-term storage to long-term growth.

Your neighborhood bank probably pays you pennies for holding your money. Most major banks like Wells Fargo, Chase and Bank of America offer savings rates around 0.01% APY. Online banks flip this ...

Taylor Tepper covered banking, investing and pretty much everything else in personal finance for more than a decade, with his work appearing in the New York Times, Fortune and MONEY magazine, as well ...

Certificates of deposit are paying up to 4.35% APY right now, offering guaranteed returns that stay fixed until maturity. These rates give you certainty about your earnings while the Federal Reserve ...