US Savings Bonds/Yesterday's News (old post archive)

July issue of Kiplinger's finance magazine takes a new look at ways to save.

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Article encourages investors to take a look at Savings Bonds.

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Goal of electronic bonds is to reduce money supply and control growth.

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Scott Burns discusses I bonds in his financial column in the Dallas Morning News.

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The Detroit Free Press columnist explains how I bonds work.

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I bought a bunch of I bonds with a rate of 6.73% in December. What's the rate now? I don't want to earn under 3%! What should I do?

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What newspaper columnists are saying about the drop in I bond rates.

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How do I change the beneficiaries on my Savings Bonds? Will I have to pay tax on the interest I've earned?

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Does the new 1.40% fixed base-rate make it worthwhile to cash my Series I bonds and buy new ones?

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Interest rates for new Savings Bonds issued from today through the end of October are out.

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The Treasury announced today it will offer $11 billion in 5-year TIPS at auction on Tuesday, April 25.

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If I want to redeem an I Bond that was bought 5/11/05, what is the earliest date I can do so outside the three-month penalty window? I don't want to lose any of the 6.73% currently being paid.

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Yesterday the Treasury held an auction for additional January 2006 10-year TIPS, which have a coupon rate of 2%. The price was 96.480271, which creates an actual yield of 2.409%.

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According to CBC news, the Bank of Canada has reimbursed $100,000 to 14 Canadian Savings Bond customers who were victims of fraud.

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Jeff Brown, financial columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer, usually recommends Series I Savings Bonds, but recommended investing in CDs for now in yesterday's column.

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Amazon has a new feature, called Amazon Connect, that gives book authors ways to connect with Amazon's customers. It's like a continuous book store appearance.

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I have about $100,000 of CD's that mature later this week. A a local bank has a 12-month CD special of 5.61% APY.

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Susan Tompor of the Detroit Free Press reports on Dan Pederson's outlook for I bond rates.

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You have been right about I bond rates in the past. What's your best guess for the new Series I and EE rates May 1.

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I just tried to redeem some Savings Bonds that are registered "my name POD my husband's name". The bank said this means I can't cash the bonds until my husband dies. How do I fix this so I can cash them now?

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One of the comments here says that the Treasury may raise the I bond fixed base rate if the inflation component becomes uncompetitively low. Would this be a reason to hold off buying until after the next set of rates are announced?

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Add Marshall Loeb, former editor of Fortune, Money, and Columbia Journalism Review, to the financial advisors who like I bonds.

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Personal finance columnist and author Scott Burns reaffirmed why he likes Series I Savings Bonds this week in his column, As misunderstood deals go, I Savings Bond one of best.

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At the end of a column on the consumer debt burden in the U.S., John Wasik, author of The Kitchen-Table Investor and Bloomberg.com columnist, recommends I bonds.

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I have had two floods in my house and I have lost the folder I used to keep my savings bond. It was probably destroyed. What should I do?

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If I lost a Savings Bond, can it be found by my Social Security Number?

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I assume it's possible to transfer Series EE Savings Bonds to either Series I bonds or Treasury securites. If so, is it possible to avoid taxes on the accured interest by doing that transaction?

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I own a $1,000 EE savings bond issued in August 1993. I thought it would be worth the full $1,000 after 10 years, but it's not. Will it ever be worth $1,000?

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