On November 1, 2013, the Bureau of the Public Debt today announced earnings rates for Series
I Savings Bonds and Series EE Savings Bonds, issued from November 1, 2013
through April 30, 2014.
Series i-Bonds: New Series I Bond Rate:
- Now yielding a 100% safe 1.38% with a 0.20% base rate
- This means you get inflation plus 0.20% for the next 30 years. For more, see Series I Bonds Explained
- I think Series I-Bonds are very attractive for cash in taxable accounts. You can buy up to $10,000 per Social Security number.
- This is the first time the base rate has been above zero since October 2010.
- Note: I own a lot of Series I Bonds, some with base rates as high as 3.00%!
EE Savings Bonds: Current EE Savings Bond rates
- Now they yield only 0.1%
- You can do much better in an FDIC insured savings account paying about 1%.
Best CD and Savings Rates: Best CD Rate Survey
Bob Brinker recommends CDs on his show for those who don't want to take any interest rate risk with GNMAs or any other bonds. That is bonds will lose net asset value if interest rates go up.
- I'd keep the term to 2 years or less. Perhaps make a CD ladder with
"Kirk Lindstrom's Investment Letter"
I have subscribed (to Brinker's Marketimer) for a while and have been waiting on the sidelines, too spooked because Bob's forecast changes almost monthly and he has been threatening "bulletins" which would obviously mean pulling out of the market! he keeps raising his forecast for the S&P so that those of us who didn't buy when it was in the 1500's didn't do so because he was forecasting a top in the mid-to-high 1500's going forward, and it has just kept going higher. I do feel angry as a subscriber!
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