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Certificates of deposit are type of savings instrument issued by bank or credit union. Certificates of deposit provide an investment option that pays a higher cd rates of interest than a savings account. A CD requires you to leave your money untouched for a predetermined period of time. Normally, the longer you keep your money in a CD, the more interest you’ll get. When you tie up your money in a CD, and later you decide you want it back before the CD matures, a hefty penalty is shaved from your return. For this reason, CDs have been a popular investment for folks with some extra cash that isn’t needed in the near future.

In this the owner of the certificates of deposit is not allowed to take the money or add the money to it till the time period finishes as per the agreement. There are also certain schemes in which the interest rates require specific month or year to get higher interest rates. The time period for CDs can be long term like 5 or 10 year and even short term like months or two. The major benefit of CDs are they can be returned to the depositor in time, and they don’t have any risk factor like share market.