@dualstow:dualstow wrote:Thanks for the refresher/reminder, jhogue!
For some reason I thought the doubling occurred at 17 years EDIT: It may be because they're pre-2005.
I bought my first EE bonds (and I bonds) around the year 2000 at my dad's suggestion. I was out of work for a while and the purchase was a substitute for contributing to a retirement account. Ended up buying some more over several years, just because. I think I have a bunch due to ripen in the next few years if not this year. Time to get on that clunky TreasuryDirect website and see what's going on with those.
My wife’s parents were big fans of EE bonds as gifts for their grandchildren. I think there have been something like 5 iterations of them, including those issued after 1989 that were completely tax exempt for education.
Twenty years ago I bought a variable annuity because I was in graduate school and did not have access to a tax deferred account other than an IRA. I wish we had bought savings bonds instead.
Five years ago we started purchasing I bonds, after maxing out ORP, 403b, 457b, and Roth IRAs. Like Medium Tex, I enjoy watching our stash of I bonds grow bigger every year.