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To: E.J. Neitz Jr who wrote (49306)	9/30/2003 11:52:53 PM
From: BWAC	Respond to of 53068

I Bonds have been paying 4.66% not 4.08%? I don't guess it makes much difference though. Plus you can defer Federal taxes on earnings for up to 30 years, and I Bonds are exempt from state and local income taxes. You can even purchase them online savingsbonds.gov As an alternative I would think some of these Bond ETF's would be a good investment when they have a much better interest rate. (And thus a lower price). Monthly dividends. Easy and cheap to trade if you want to flip now and then. Could sell out of the money Options against them for added return. I'm just not interested in buying them until rates rise a lot, as in back to a historic norm. TLT, IEF, AGG, LQD ishares.com