Note: This popular deal is still available.
U.S, Government Treasury is currently offering
7.12% Interest Rate in combined
Fixed + Inflation Rate Earnings valid on newly issued
Series I Savings Bonds purchased from November 2021 through April 2022. Limit of $10,000 / year in interest earnings per person.
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About this offer:- How do I buy a Series I bond?
- Must register or sign-in to your free TreasuryDirect.gov account and link a bank account.
- Click here to view a Guided Tour
- What is a Series I bond? (source)
- "A savings bond that earns interest based on combining a fixed rate and an inflation rate."
- You may use Series I bonds to:
- Save in a low-risk product that helps protect your savings from inflation
- Supplement your retirement income
- Give as a gift
- Pay for education
- Click here for more information about Series I Bonds
- What interest does a Series I bond earn? (source)
- A combination of a fixed rate that stays the same for the life of the bond and an inflation rate that is set twice a year.
- For bonds issued from November 2021 through April 2022, the combined rate is 7.12%
Top Comments
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Composite rate =
I bought $10k in denominations of 2,3, 5 so if I want to cash out I can do it in chunks instead of having to cash out $10k.: Better than any CD or bank rate if you want to stay in cash.
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I am looking at historical rates over the past 5 years. The average seems to be around 2.5% a year, which isn't horrible if you are over 65 and need to park your money somewhere super safe.
Then again if you invested in Amazon 5 years ago, your investment would be worth 400% more, Walmart 200%, Bitcoin 300%.
If you are under 50, you are literally throwing money away investing in treasuries because of the time value of money. You aren't going to be wealthy turning $700 a year on $10,000.
If you believe the stock market is going to crash (it could), you should be keeping your money available, so you can buy stocks at the bottom.
- It's a different kind of investment profile, so I dont see the point in comparing to stocks
- It is linked to inflation and so if the inflation goes down, the rates will be re-adjusted lower
- There are some limitations in terms of when you can withdraw and the rate will be lower if you withdraw earlier
Might make sense if you are looking for a reasonably safe investment with a bit of a hedge against inflation. Beats keeping that money in the bank in a savings account.
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And btw the inflation is transitory, if you look at definition of transitory = not permanent
Inflation can be going higher for 10-50 years then it drop back to below 2% , saying that is "transitory" is correct. since it is not permanent
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It's not intuitive for sure. I called them last maybe 4-5 years ago, they're great on the phone, and we figured it out. They're a bit fussy because people or organizations can have potentially BILLIONS (Trillions? = China) in assets. Guy was honest about dealing with security oft times elderly peoples, large dollar sums and potential bad actors.