Kinnakeet
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Once they mature they are only worth face value correct?
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Sneakers
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No. They keep gaining interest. I had a $25 bond given to me when I was a kid. When I cashed it in, it was worth over $200. There used to be a program that you could download from the gov that kept track of all your bonds, and their value. You could plug in any date you wanted to see how it matures. Savings Bond Wizard I think, but it's gone and replaced with Savings Bond Calculator. Looks like CNET.com has the wizard, but if I remember right, it only ran on XP, maybe Win7.
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Ok, qualified. SOME continue to gain, others are only redeemable at face value. I've only ever bought E or EE bonds.
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PeoplesElbow
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No, once they mature they just stop gaining interest.
PeoplesElbow
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EE bonds cost half of face value at purchase, and once matured are worth face value if I remember correctly.
I bonds are sold at face value and continue to gain interest for 30 years, at that point the interest stops.
Just checked, my oldest bonds are getting almost 13% interest.
I bonds are sold at face value and continue to gain interest for 30 years, at that point the interest stops.
Just checked, my oldest bonds are getting almost 13% interest.
You don't make or lose money until you sell. If you brought a stock because you liked their product or service and thought, they were a great investment what makes you think it's a bad investment now?
Sneakers
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I don't choose the investments, it's all handled by the profile I've chosen.
Might as well get a monkey and a dartboard!
Sneakers
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Investment strategies changes once you retire and actually start taken disbursements, and no longer are contributing from a salary.
Not true for everyone. One size fits all is a fantasy . The trick is to have your investments spin off income, NOT having to sell your investments for income.
Sneakers
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Save your breath trying to educate me. Preaching to the choir. My finances are just fine, tyvm.
Not trying to educate you, just trying to save someone from thinking your post has merit. Not everything is about you, sorry to burst your bubble.
LightRoasted
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To zero. But nothing to worry about .... until it starts eating into your principle. Remember the house always wins. Why? Because they set the rules and control the game. Everything is orchestrated to their favor. Also, remember, there must be a counter party to every sell and buy order. If you need to sell and there is no buyer, what is the value of the stock, at any price, you wish to sell? And remember this as well, when everyone is heading to the exits, only some get through in time.
Now it's just like a game to see how low the market can go under Biden.
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I say let it crash and burn. Too many people living in lala land trying to make money by not doing any work. Parasites. Living off other people's labor and ingenuity.
I say let it crash and burn. Too many people living in lala land trying to make money by not doing any work. Parasites. Living off other people's labor and ingenuity.