Savings bonds

State treasurers and other government agencies are currently holding more than $32 billion in unclaimed assets from 117 million accounts that their owners have either forgotten about or never knew they had. As the sentence above says, billions of dollars in unclaimed assets are sitting in...

Your holiday shopping days are numbered, and if you're still stumped, I'm here to make a suggestion: How about giving the gift of savings? Let me preface this by saying that I'm not a fan of cash gifts, or even gift certificates. I think both are a bit of a cop-out. But I'm actually liking the...

I've been asked this question thousands of times since the start of the Series I Bond program in 1998 and it's finally making headlines: "If inflation dropped to zero, or there's a recession, what will happen to the interest rate of I Bonds?" Recession, deflation or economic slowdown; any way you...

If you own U.S. Savings Bonds, you might stick the certificates aside and not think about them at tax season, but you better pull them out and check if you need to report any income. One of the biggest advantages about the interest earned by a savings bond is that it is not subject to any state or...

...wait, is that right? US Savings Bonds and making money in the same sentence? Yes, it is. I walked into my local savings bank yesterday and while filling out my deposit slip, the towering sign of current interest rates for various investments caught my eye. It was quite a depressing sight. A...

Many people are looking to President-elect Obama to be able to perform some sort of miracle to get America out of its economic and financial crisis. Well, perhaps looking at what past Presidents have done upon taking office is giving the new President some great ideas. Everyone in the press and on...

Did you know not all savings bonds earn the same rate of interest? AND, did you know that there are more than 50 different interest rates for EE Bonds since they began being issued in 1980? If you didn't know these two small but very important facts about savings bonds, you're not alone. The...

With all the confusion in the financial markets these days, the good old, reliable United States Savings Bond comes through once again as the absolute best investment available today. Because of all the bank failures and consolidations, many individuals have reservations about placing their money...

Pop Quiz: What popular American investment with more than 45 million investors has not lost one cent of its value during the recent turbulent months?...Give up? It's the United States Savings Bond.Issued by the US Treasury Department, the US Savings Bond program has been underrated since its...

Inflation protection is the highlight of the day when it comes to U.S. Savings Bonds. This morning, the Treasury Department announced the new rates for savings bonds issued from November 1st, 2008 through April 30th, 2009. With that announcement came a surprise to the 45 million Americans who own...