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To: Robert J Mullenbach who wrote (52738)5/15/2000 2:51:00 AM
From: goldsheet  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 116764
 
> With the new I Bond rate of 7.49%,
> publicdebt.treas.gov

I have started buying some of these as a retirement inflation hedge. They pay 3.5% plus the CPI, so if we have another round of big inflation, you always get a 3.5% real return. I like buying them over the Internet using my TD Waterhouse VISA (1% cash rebate and over 30 days to pay for them)