Convenient and Time Saving
The Valet account is designed to help you save and
invest more efficiently. If you are like most people,
you have at least one bank account, two or more credit
cards, and an investment portfolio with a mutual fund
company, brokerage firm or other financial services
organization. Each month you receive separate statements
from these companies. In order for you to know where
you stand financially, you need to review all of the
statements or access your account information separately.
If you have questions about particular transactions,
you must make several phone calls to satisfy your
inquiry. Often this process takes a lot of time and
can be inconvenient.
Simplified Record Keeping
By incorporating all the services of a bank, a brokerage
firm/mutual fund company and a credit card company
into one account, Valet eliminates the effort of reconciling
multiple statements each month. And, the year-end
summary statement can simplify your record keeping
efforts and speed up your tax preparation process.
Smart Money Management
With Valet, your cash deposits, investment income
and securities sales proceeds are conveniently "swept"
to a high yield money market fund of your choice.
Money market funds generally pay higher interest rates
than bank checking accounts.
Borrowing Flexibility
Your Valet account also has a built-in overdraft
(margin) feature enabling you to borrow against
your securities at attractive rates.