All accounts have high interest rates that stack up favorably against the best CD rates on the market. The reason for the high rates is that Edward Jones is a broker that buys CDs in bulk from other banks and resells them at competitive rates.īecause Edward Jones offers brokered CDs, there are a few elements that work differently than CDs from traditional banks. Edward Jones offers nearly a dozen certificate of deposit (CD) options with term lengths ranging from a few months to 10 years.