Using the CD Portfolio Builder

The CD Portfolio Builder wizard uses a step-by-step approach to assist you in creating a medium-to-large size brokered CD portfolio to meet your client's investment needs. The wizard supports single maturity and laddered portfolio strategies to help you define the search for offerings and effectively organize the results. When you are ready to finalize the portfolio, you have a view of the selected CDs and a summary of the portfolio statistics.

To use the CD Portfolio Builder wizard:

1. Click the Tools navigation tab to display the Tools page.
2. Click the CD Portfolio Builder link in the Wizards panel. The CD Portfolio Builder opens to Step 1.
3. Follow the steps as they are displayed:

• Step 1-- Select the portfolio structure you want to use and enter the investment amount for the selected maturity. As you make selections, they are displayed on the right side of the page.

• Step 2--Select the attributes of the CDs you want to include in your portfolio.

• Step 3--Search results are displayed. Select the CDs you want to include in your portfolio from the displayed search results.

• Step 4--Select the CD's you want to buy. Modify the quantity, sales credit, and basis for the CDs as necessary. Generate a report, if desired.

Use the buttons in the lower right corner to navigate through the wizard.

• Click Next Step in the lower right corner to move to the next step of the wizard. The button is enabled if you have made the necessary selections to continue.
• Click Previous Step to return to a previous step in the wizard.
• Click Start Over to return to Step 1 of the wizard.
• Click Cancel to close the wizard.

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