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Start to Try TreasuryDirect.com ...

Contributed by mm | November 12, 2003 09:55 PM PST



I started to try out TreasuryDirect today. TreasuryDirect is a government-owned web site that helps individual investors to participate in US Saving Bonds easily. As promised, the site operates like a breeze: it just take me 10 minutes to set up an account and start to buy saving bonds.

Today I purchased $25 EE-series bonds and $25 I-series bonds, both the minimal amount required for a single order. I'm not going to commit a large amount of money to bond unless I spend more time to understand the market and formulate my strategy. In the intermediate term, I will keep buying a very small of saving bonds every month to get oriented of the market and build a small laddered portfolio (saving bonds cannot be redeemed in 12 months). With some monetary stakes I have more reasons (and incentives) to learn it now!

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Comments
>>> Noumenon Commented on November 13, 2003

If you ever purchase savings bonds in large amounts, do it with a 1% cash back credit card. It's like an advance on the interest.


>>> mm Commented on November 13, 2003

Thank you Noumenon. Yes I'm aware of that, but it will no longer be the case after December, right?


>>> linda devecki Commented on April 05, 2005

I am custodian to 7 grandkids of US Treasury Bonds (0) Coupon). I pay $60 per year maintenance fee. How can I avoid the fee? Is there a better way to invest their money?


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