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Alexandra said
Hi again Doug, I would think that the GIC would be calculated at the 4% til you converted say April 30th. Instead of getting the interest paid in November or December 2020 when the 4% GIC would have matured, you would get the principle and interest paid out at the new date, i.e. 19 or 28 months after April 30th, 2020.

I don't know why there would be tax implications. One pays tax on the calculated interest every year whether or not you actually received it. As I mentioned at an earlier date, lately I have opted to get most of my GIC's interest paid out annually instead of waiting for the maturity date. Then I can use that interest to get the best rate at the time instead of laddering and waiting for the interest to be paid out physically on maturity dates. Am I missing some important factor?  

Jowett said
Hi Alexandra, actually it was me that replied to your previous post, not Doug.

My point about taxes would be that if the GIC was actually converted at the end of April rather than Nov/Dec you would then be paid interest after 12 months and again after 19 months from the end of April. This effectively results in 2 interest payments in 2021, instead of another payment in Nov/Dec of this year. This would mean that you would defer paying tax until 2021 tax year on the 7 or 8 months of interest between April and Dec of 2020. Depending on your tax circumstances that could be a good thing.  

Can't remember who I was replying to, but I think it was both.

Anyway, if I've understood you correctly, Alexandra, yes, I think we're in agreement in terms of how this would be structured. If you convert to the special offer GIC rate, your new term would begin on the day you convert and pay you the new rate for 19 or 28 months, however long you opted for. You would be paid 4.0% until the day before you convert, absolutely.

Jowett makes a good point on CDIC coverage. Your conversion to a new GIC would be treated as a new term for the purposes of CDIC deposit insurance, and would be comingled within your applicable deposit insurance limit. It would no longer be covered under transitional deposit insurance provisions. This is fine, but just remember, if you are exceeding your deposit insurance limits with Coast, they are rated roughly the same as Equitable Bank and Home Trust [BBB(high) versus BBB and BBB(low)]. If you are fine exceeding your limits with EQ Bank and Oaken Financial, then you should be fine with exceeding your limits as Coast.

Cheers,
Doug

Alexandra said
Hi People;

Well on Monday I did the blended rate for most of my GIC's originally at the 4%.

However, on one of the GIC's, I left half in the original 4% one maturing in November. The other half and the rest of the GIC's I put in the new blended rate GIC's @ 3.16% for 28 months...i.e. 28 months starting at the end of April 2020.

This way, I don't have to worry about going over the CDIC limit of $100K as the over amount is still under the original guarantee of 100% of the investment.  

Sounds like a reasonable approach, Alexandra. Thanks also for the follow up to confirm much of what has been speculated in terms of logistical and related matters.

Cheers,
Doug

Bud said
Hello!! how do i get this blended rate can i do better than 2.35% 15mths new member? 100k only? cdic  

Bud,

Do you have an existing 4.0% GIC and did you receive an e-mail or telephone notification from a Coast rep? Both are required to receive the offer. You might be able to ask about the offer if the condition to the former is "true," but not having an 4.0% GIC would certainly disentitle you to anything higher than 2.35%.

Thanks,
Doug

I did the math and basically what it comes down to is 2.05% for 11 additional months and you get 1 additional month at 4%. Don’t be fooled by their term “blended rate”

We are already getting the 4%, no matter what as that is our agreement until nov 2020. All they are offering is 2.05 plus the one additional month of 4% on the additional term. Don’t be fooled by the way they are using the 3% blended term

The printed offer is above,I posted it a few days ago. The way the rep explained to me is that the 4% is calculated for the remainder of the term which is approx 7 months plus 1 more month at 4%. That leaves a balance of 11 months at the 2.05%. Using these rates over the 19 months, 8 months at 4%,and 11 months at 2.05% is how they come up with the blended rate. Just remember you are guaranteed the 4% until November if you do nothing anyways.

Okay, then take the interest for the 8 months and add it to 11 months of 2.05 and one extra month of 4%. Or is that 9 months 4% and 10 months 2.05%. I’m sure the total interest is 3% for the 19 months

thats why I said earlier, that I would want a 3 or 5 year extension to accept the 3%. I’m not going to give up the 4% of 8 months to gain 19 months of 3%. I want longer. It’s a fear tactic. As you mention the extension aside from the existing 4% is crappy. But you need to look at the blended rate and not just look at what you have guaranteed now with 8 more months at 4%. Because that 2.05% may not be available in 9 months when your GIC matures.

tgaucher said
That’s exactly what is comes down to. Are you going to get better than 2.05% in November when the original term comes due. Motive has a 2.20% high interest savings account but no guarantees it will be around in November. I am personally going to wait until November.  

Me too