Evidently enough people caught on to a secret trick that allowed one to reset their interest rate at TIAA (TIAA Traditional). Basically, you would sell into the money market (out of Traditional) on one day and then buy back in the next. This would effectively increase your rate to the new rate. So if you are earning 3% now and TIAA changes the rates to 3.5% you simply sell today into the money market and then repurchase back in a few days later and voila, you are now earning 3.5%. Well it turns out that this little trick caught on last year or TIAA knows that its going to have to raise rates in the future and doesn't want people resetting their rates (at least very often), so they are instituting the following new policy:
TIAA Cracks Down On Switchers
TIAA Cracks Down On Switchers
TIAA Cracks Down On Switchers
Evidently enough people caught on to a secret trick that allowed one to reset their interest rate at TIAA (TIAA Traditional). Basically, you would sell into the money market (out of Traditional) on one day and then buy back in the next. This would effectively increase your rate to the new rate. So if you are earning 3% now and TIAA changes the rates to 3.5% you simply sell today into the money market and then repurchase back in a few days later and voila, you are now earning 3.5%. Well it turns out that this little trick caught on last year or TIAA knows that its going to have to raise rates in the future and doesn't want people resetting their rates (at least very often), so they are instituting the following new policy: