When it comes to saving your money, you have to make a well considered decision. Although keeping your money in a bank's savings account is wise it is not necessarily the best option out there. You must negotiate for a good rate as most regular banks savings accounts do not offer a high interest. Scared of the recession and thinking of hiding your money under your mattress, you are not alone but it is not a wise decision to take. There are other risks like burglary which you do not want to be faced with, at least at a bank, your deposits are likely to be insured.
But make sure to negotiate the bank saving accounts interest rate before entrusting your money to the bank; which will loan out your money, make a big profit on it and pay you peanuts at the end of the day. A good account to consider in Canada, is the new high interest no tax account that allows you to put away as much as 5000 dollars a year tax free with no fee charges on the account. Most of the banks offer this account as of January 2009, including royal bank savings account department.
Usually you can negotiate to have a good rate on a large amount of money that you intend to keep in a bank saving account for a considerable amount of time. The bank loans out this money to others in need of money and makes a profit that in turn is paid to you and other depositors after subtraction of bank fees.