One of the safest investments available is the Series EE savings bond, issued by the U.S. government. Though savings bonds have a low rate of return, there are few investments that guarantee doubling ...

Series EE savings bonds stop earning interest after 30 years. You can cash in a Series EE bond after one year. The method for checking your bond’s value depends on if it is electronic or paper. When ...

My husband and I received tiny shoes, outfits and baby books for our kids when they were born in the 2000s. My parents received similar items for me upon my birth in the 1970s, but something else, too ...

A savings bond is an investment instrument offered by the federal government through financial institutions. When you buy a savings bond, you loan money to the U.S. government in exchange for a return ...

The Internet is awash with useful calculators readily available at no cost. But of course Web resources are moving targets. So here are the latest links to useful calculators. Here, too, are ...

Buying savings bonds is a process that begins with understanding what a savings bond is. It is a type of debt security issued by the U.S. Treasury to support government spending. Investors lend money ...

As we move closer to November, savers ask the perennial question: Do you buy I Bonds right now or wait until a new rate is announced on Nov. 1? Spoiler alert: You might not need to rush here. The ...

You can check the value of your savings bond through the TreasuryDirect website. Even if you have paper savings bonds, you can check your value online, as long as you have the issue date, bond series ...