Comments on: Treasury's Savings Bond web site merged with TreasuryDirect.gov

by: Tom Adams

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 16:26:20 +0000

Chris - There's complete info on holding paperless Treasury bonds on our page about TreasuryDirect. There are no Treasury offices anywhere that deal with the public regarding U.S. Savings Bonds; for other Treasury securities I don't know.

Tom Adams

by: Chris Donaldson

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 16:14:13 +0000

Is there a way of holding paperless Treasury bonds? Is there a Treasury office in San Francisco that deals with the public?

by: Charles

Mon, 07 Aug 2006 18:08:30 +0000

Been trying to log on all morning to renew a bill, apparently the treasury site is down since the merge. Makes you pause and wonder just what would happen if the system became overloaded. I hope they didn't screw up Legacy Direct. The new electronic format with no paper trail could really be a bummer if some klutz hits the delete button :'(

by: Mario

Sun, 06 Aug 2006 08:22:46 +0000

I might add the marketable bond section is also more tightly integrated now with the savings bond info, which I'm sure will motivate people to consider marketable bonds as an alternative to savings bonds. (Not sure if the Treasury intended for that, seems like they are getting a good benefit from paying lower returns on savings bonds!)

The rewritten section about purchase limits is hilarious - now includes the $5 million limit for marketable bonds and how an 18-yr old can't invest $5 million separately from his parents.

That said, Tom are you planning to give more emphasis to marketable bonds too in the future here? Or sticking with savings bonds?