US Savings Bonds/Savings Bonds and competitive investments

Our monthly update on the current value of equal monthly investments in the stock market and Series I Savings Bonds.

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This is our monthly update to a performance comparison of the January 1998 Series EE Savings Bond and stocks.

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Some of the folks looking out the windshield see lower-than-expected performance over the next 10 years.

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The Motley Fool suggests Series I Savings Bonds as a good place to put your emergency money.

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A careful comparison of the rates offered by T-Bills and a high-yield online savings account.

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What is your stance on Bernanke's goal of keeping inflation limited to 1%-2%? If he is successful, wouldn't that virtually eliminate the need for TIPS and I-bonds?

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I'm looking for a solid tax-free investment. What do you think about Savings Bonds as a long-term investment, say 10 years?

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It's difficult to see how I bonds are a good deal when 1-year bank CDs are paying over 5%.

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Can I buy a Series I Savngs Bond through TreasuryDirect as a Roth IRA? If not, how do I purchase an I bond or TIPS and establish a Roth IRA with it?

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I have six $10,000 EE bonds purchased in 1995, 96, and 97. Would it be worth my while to cash these bonds in and purchase an annuity?

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These charts show the trend in average bank CD rates over the last three months and are automatically updated daily.

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This long list of bank account and CD interest rates is updated every day by Bankrate.com and is republished here with its permission.

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Morningstar.com, an advisory service for individual investors, has created a separate category for mutual funds that invest primarily in TIPS, the Treasury's marketable-security version of Series I Savings Bonds.

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Today we apply a little math to government statistics and lose our socks over the number of people who could have very large Savings Bond investments.

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I sometimes watch the Suze Orman show and she always brings up that everyone should pretty much just invest in a Roth IRA. She rarely brings up anything about Series I bonds. Could you briefly explain the differences between the two.

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Interest on Savings Bonds is compounded twice a year whereas interest on savings accounts compounds daily. Will the impact of compounding more than offset the higher interest rate of Savings Bonds?

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Why does the U.S. Treasury finance part of the national debt with Savings Bonds rather than with Treasury notes and bonds that are much cheaper? T-bonds with a maturity of 5/15/30 are trading with a yield of about 4.7% this morning while the rate on I Bonds is 6.73%.

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Neil Downing at the Providence (RI) Journal has published the most extensive article I've ever seen on Savings Bonds and IRAs.

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Can I invest my Roth IRA funds in Savings Bonds?

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I know that you can't cash in a series EE savings bond within a year, but what happens if it is a real financial emergency and the funds are needed?

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If I bought a $1,000 Savings Bond today for $500 and it takes 20 years for it to reach face value, thats only $25 a year interest. This doesn't seem like much.

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Assuming that I have $50,000 in a money market account, would it be advisable to pull it out and buy Savings Bonds with that money?

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Be careful when the annuity salesman pays a visit. "You make a fortune on the headline and then the fine print takes it all back," is how insider jokes summarize annuities.

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Savings Bonds aren't a bank product. Although banks, savings and loans, and credit unions often handle Savings Bonds transactions, they would much rather that you deposit your money with them than with the Treasury.

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