Barbara has written professionally for more than two decades. In the past five years, she has specialized in creating real estate and home improvement content. Besides writing for Forbes Home, she ...

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Building a CD ladder involves buying multiple CDs that mature at different times. For example, you might buy a 1-year CD, 2-year CD, 3-year CD, 4-year CD, and a 5-year CD. Or you might buy a 3-month ...