Savings Bond Advisor archive for August, 2006

Standard & Poor's says there's a good correlation between a country's credit rating and yields on its inflation-linked bonds.

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The Bureau of the Public Debt of the US Treasury has moved and updated its Savings Bond web site.

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eBay has set up a system that makes it easy to let Congress know that you oppose the efforts of telephone companies to create two tiers of internet service.

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Some existing TreasuryDirect accounts will be locked pending bank certification of the account holder's identity.

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The first five digits of SSNs will be masked on paper Savings Bonds beginning this month.

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My I bonds are less than five years old. Does your Savings Bond Calculator take into consideration the three-month interest penalty for redemption before five years?

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Is there a way to set up an electronic bank transfer from a mutual fund account to a TreasuryDirect account?

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TreasuryDirect enabled new security features this week, but I'm still whining.

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Total investments in Savings Bonds in July were $248.8 million, the lowest one-month total since November 1983.

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How can I change the bank account my series HH bond interest is paid into?

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CPI up 4.1%; new Savings Bond investments hit 20-year low

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Canadian price index 0.1 percentage points too low five years running.

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Where to find the official regulations that govern Savings Bonds and other U.S. Treasury securities.

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When you change your email address, a notification is now sent to both the old and new address.

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Tucson's Arizona Daily Star interviews Vivian Ackerman, 1961's Mrs. U.S. Savings Bonds.

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And the Treasury says it will use the more precise figures in I bond and TIPS calculations.

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Purchasing Director gets $11,100 from plan error, but county wants its money back.

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Is your calculator wrong? Have my bonds stopped earning interest?

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My wife and I are elderly and we are wondering if we should change our EE bonds from both our names to add our children's names so that when we die they will not have any problem cashing them in.

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