How much money do you need to optain a US Government 30 year savings bond?
106519
Bush was not talking about savings bonds.  Savings bonds can be purchased for $25.  Buy the I bonds they have superior risk characteristics.  The 30 treasury can be purchased directly from the Treasury, when issued, at http://www.treasurydirect.gov/ most likely for $1000.
1182669
The Patriot Bonds are just like regular bonds. Your can turn them in any time after one year from the issue date. BUT the can collect interest for up to 30 years,  Also, if it is a EE Patriot bonds (and I think they all are) it takes roughly 15 - 17 years to reach face value (if it says that it is a $200 then they only paid $100 for it and it will take 15 - 17 years to reach 200)
654383
Sir Section 54 of the Income Tax Act 1961 gives the details of saving tax it goes that you have either to purchase bonds as you mentioned but it wont help as those bond would have to be reinvested in same Capital asset rather you can go for another same type of asset of same value you have 3 years from the date of sale or get your money invested in bond and keep renewing each tenure and the last option will be pay a tax and the correctly specifed rate
971847
Maybe, depending on how high you want to live.    \n\n3 million in 29 years is roughly equivalent to $750,000 now.   You can pretty safely withdraw 4% per year forever or about $30,000 per year in today's dollars. If you are SS age you get another $15,000 or so for a total, in today's dollars, of $45,000 per year, increasing with inflation, forever. \n\nIs this enough for you?
568709
As a rule of thumb: take your expenses per year and multiply by 20.\n\nFor example, if your total expenses per year are $30K (rent, food, car, taxes, medical etc...), you will need $600K.\n\nSounds like a lot ? You need to (1) start saving immediately (2) reduce your expenses and lifestyle, for example, drive a small car, find a cheap place to retire...
267235
they need to save 80% if they arent going to work after that and plan on living another 40 years afterward.\n\nIf they plan to work after that then they should just try and save up enough so that when they retire in 30 years they will have enough. This might be simple or diffucult depending on how much they make.
261407
By doing an option arm.  They normally come with a start rate of 1% for the first five years which is also called deferred interest.  Your payment of P&I would be about $1769.99 vs. $3974.18 on a 30 year fixed at 6.25% or the same as interest only at $3645.83
626405
Let´s use an example. \n\nSay interest rates are 4%. You buy a 30 year U S Government bond paying interest at 4%. You pay $1000 for the bond. Then interest rates go to 5%. But the bond you  bought pays only 4%. Is anyone going to give you $1000 for that bond. The answer is no. Because they can buy a bond that pays 5%. The value of your 4% bond has to reflect the 5% interest rate. The bond is worth about $810 and will pay interest at 4.9% The remaining 0.1 % will be made up by the increase in the value of the bond as it approaches maturity in 30 years.
458051
best bet is to check the ATF's website \n\nhttp://www.atf.treas.gov/
33334
Here's the calculator:\n\nhttp://wwws.publicdebt.treas.gov/BC/SBCPrice
42689
The 401k is great if the employer provides some kind of match.  If you are looking to buy some government bonds, I would go with the I bond which currently has an interest rate of 6.73%\nCheck out http://www.treasurydirect.gov for more info.
103636
You would buy at the ask price, 104 and 8/32 or $1,042.25 per bond.  Keep in mind that if you buy an existing issue through a bank or a brokerage firm there can also be an additional mark up (commission). \n\nAlso, check the fine print in the journal, the quote that you are reading is usually for a specific number of bonds.  Usually there will be a different quote for a million dollars worth of bonds than $10,000 worth of bonds.
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No, it is not.  For instance, the current savings bond rate is 3.20%.  Last year, the inflation rate was 3.42% so your real rate of return on the savings bond is -0.20%.  Factor in a nominal federal tax rate of 15% and your real rate of return is -0.67%.
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It depends on the issue date.  Check the links below.  One is a savings bond calculator and the other is the government website for bonds.
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Government Bonds 10 yr.
1011033
There isn't one. If your son is an infant, you have a minimum 16 year time horizon before you would need the money. A savings bond will simply keep pace with inflation and will not grow. If you're a conservative investor, you should consider putting $25+ per month into a moderate allocation fund like Vanguard Wellington. It's a conservative mix of bonds and stocks that's more likely to yield your child something more meaningful down the road.
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I will assume that the interest is simple and compounded annually, just to make the question easier.\n\nYou will reach $1million (US system) 97 years later, at the age of 115.  $1,035,358, actually.\n\nI used a simple formula with an Excel spreadsheet to figure this out.