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Savings Bond Advisor
http://www.savings-bond-advisor.com/
Daily answers to reader questions about US Savings Bond investments - current values, interest rates, (site includes a Savings Bond calculator), recovering lost bonds, inheriting Savings Bonds and much more.
Recent Posts
Meager rollover opportunity available
The new 0.3% fixed rate gives a meager opportunity to upgrade I bonds purchased between May and October 2008, which have a fixed rate of 0.0%, to get a better fixed rate. Keep in mind that doing the rollover will earn only an extra $3 per $1,000 inve...
New I bond fixed rate 0.3%; EE 1.2%
New Series I bond Savings Bonds will earn 3.36% for their first six months. The rate is made up of a new fixed rate of 0.30% and an inflation component of 3.06%. The fixed rate is good for the life of the bond; the inflation component is adjusted eve...
Series EE fixed interest rates
Series EE Savings Bonds issued in May 2005 and later have interest rates that are fixed for 20 years. At that point the Treasury has the right to change the rate for the final ten years that the bond will pay interest. These Savings Bonds are also gu...
Current US Savings Bond interest rates
To find out the interest rate that any Savings Bond is paying this month, use our Savings Bond Calculator. It will give you both the current rate and redemption value of your Savings Bonds. If the calculator shows your bond paying a different rate t...
Next I Bond inflation component 3.07%
The next I bond inflation component will be 3.07%, up from the current -5.56%. The component is based on the difference between the Consumer Price Index in March (212.709) and September (215.969). The September CPI was released this morning. To deter...
Obama accepts Tufano proposal for turning tax refunds into Savings Bonds
President Obama says the IRS will enact Professor Peter Tufano's proposal to allow taxpayers to receive tax refunds as U.S. Savings Bonds....
