Author Archives: Tipswatch

Last week I posted on both the Series I Savings Bond (which I have been buying for years) and the Series EE, which I haven’t bought – or even thought much about – since 1992. But that post on the … Continue reading →

The US Treasury just announced that it is raising the the fixed rate on Series I Savings Bonds to 01.%, up from 0.0%. This creates a composite rate of 1.64% for I Bonds purchased from today through April 30, 2016. … Continue reading →

I’m not much an expert on Social Security (I am not collecting it at the moment), but I was planning to use the widely-encouraged ‘file and suspend’ strategy when my wife reached age 66 in a few years. Under that … Continue reading →

As I noted in my previous post, I’m going to be buying my 2015 allocation of I Bonds next week, even if the fixed rate rate remains at 0.0%. But if I were considering buying EE Bonds, I would do … Continue reading →

I Bond investors are going to be getting back in the game on Nov. 2, after suffering through six months of 0.0% returns, which effectively cut off all I Bond sales from May to October 2015. Only a sucker would … Continue reading →