The Savings Revolution

Moneymen offer investors new ways to keep cash and earn high interest

20% annual interest—Trust Deeds Safely Secured... 18% United States Government Guaranteed Securities ... $3,000 earns 15.086% per year for 26 weeks ... 15% interest on as little as $1,000. No risks. No penalties. No fees.

Those are some of the advertisements that try to attract Americans these days, in newspapers and bank windows, as well as on television and billboards. People are being swamped with offers for investment opportunities, and savvy consumers are now flocking to newly popular savings devices, including...

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