Uncle Sam Pays Almost Twice the Yield on Treasurys — If You Know Where to Look

[Daal]

Weird bond, I guess the government counts of most people planning their finances poorly have having to cash out before the maturity?

http://blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/2016...yield-on-treasurys-if-you-know-where-to-look/

Seems pretty dumb to invest in this, if you are going to lock your money like this, you are much better off going into stocks

 

[ajcrshr]

I only buy those as gifts for kids... Too bad they are not the cool paper anymore.

 

[i960]

Not exactly breaking news that savings bonds pay 100% return over 20 years. WSJ must be looking for things to write about as this is old news.

They're not a dumb investment IMO, "stocks" have a ton of risk, these effectively don't. Besides they're limited to 10k-20k/year total, so it's not like one is pumping their entire net worth into them.