Redeem your Series E Bond this year - they no longer accrue interest

richlevy · 12-12-2009, 12:11 PM

From http://consumerist.com/2009/12/redee...s-e-bonds.html

A better article is at http://www.bankrate.com/brm/news/sav/20020521a.asp

Series E bonds will no longer accrue interest after 30 years. If you bought them 1974 or later and gave your SSN, you can look them up at http://treasuryhunt.gov/ .

Unless of course, you would like to give the government an interest-free loan.

Actually, the E bonds stopped earning interest in 2005 if I'm reading this correctly. As for me, I'm going to have to check the safety deposit box.

xoxoxoBruce · 12-12-2009, 12:31 PM

Funny you should mention that, I was going to check into them after the holidays. I was afraid to try and cash them during the last administration, for fear of being targeted as anti-American.

Calm down, it was only a joke.:p

Juniper · 12-12-2009, 01:29 PM

I actually do have some of these that my parents bought for me. I cashed a few in that expired last year and must remember to get the rest of them out soon.

ZenGum · 12-12-2009, 05:14 PM

At the risk of being seen as alarmist and anti-American*, I suggest if you have any investments denominated in US$, that you get out ASAP. With the humungous government and national debt you folks are running, inflation and consequent devaluation of the US$ is very likely. This is why gold is at an all time high (appx $1,100 - 1,200 per ounce) and still trending upwards. People are trying to get out of the greenback.

I don't have any suggestions as to what you should invest in, though, except maybe ammo and canned food.

* I think of myself as un-Australian first, and anti-American second.

jinx · 12-12-2009, 05:41 PM

I have a $25 one from 1976 in my underwear drawer. Man, that
thing must be worth like... $26 or something...

richlevy · 12-12-2009, 06:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jinx

I have a $25 one from 1976 in my underwear drawer. Man, that
thing must be worth like... $26 or something...

Yeah, but if it's been sitting in your underwear drawer, you might be able to auction it off here for $30.....or more if Bruce and Zen get into a bidding war.

Sundae · 12-13-2009, 04:17 PM

I keep reading this as E Type.
Because the proximity to the word Bond makes me think of Jaguars.

Got any E Types you want to offload for tax purposes, I have a full, clean driving license you know...

monster · 12-13-2009, 04:49 PM

I was thinking James Bond -far more likely to be in Jinx' underwear drawer.....

12-12-2009, 12:11 PM	#1
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	Redeem your Series E Bond this year - they no longer accrue interest From http://consumerist.com/2009/12/redee...s-e-bonds.html A better article is at http://www.bankrate.com/brm/news/sav/20020521a.asp Series E bonds will no longer accrue interest after 30 years. If you bought them 1974 or later and gave your SSN, you can look them up at http://treasuryhunt.gov/ . Unless of course, you would like to give the government an interest-free loan. Actually, the E bonds stopped earning interest in 2005 if I'm reading this correctly. As for me, I'm going to have to check the safety deposit box. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama Last edited by richlevy; 12-12-2009 at 12:19 PM.

12-12-2009, 12:31 PM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Funny you should mention that, I was going to check into them after the holidays. I was afraid to try and cash them during the last administration, for fear of being targeted as anti-American. Calm down, it was only a joke.:p __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

12-12-2009, 05:14 PM	#4
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	At the risk of being seen as alarmist and anti-American, I suggest if you have any investments denominated in US$, that you get out ASAP. With the humungous government and national debt you folks are running, inflation and consequent devaluation of the US$ is very likely. This is why gold is at an all time high (appx $1,100 - 1,200 per ounce) and still trending upwards. People are trying to get out of the greenback. I don't have any suggestions as to what you should invest in, though, except maybe ammo and canned food. I think of myself as un-Australian first, and anti-American second. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

12-12-2009, 05:41 PM	#5
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	I have a $25 one from 1976 in my underwear drawer. Man, that thing must be worth like... $26 or something... __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

12-13-2009, 04:17 PM	#7
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	I keep reading this as E Type. Because the proximity to the word Bond makes me think of Jaguars. Got any E Types you want to offload for tax purposes, I have a full, clean driving license you know... __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

12-12-2009, 01:29 PM	#3
Juniper I know, right? Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1,539	I actually do have some of these that my parents bought for me. I cashed a few in that expired last year and must remember to get the rest of them out soon.

12-13-2009, 04:49 PM	#8
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I was thinking James Bond -far more likely to be in Jinx' underwear drawer..... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

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