Zeev's Turnips Patch-No Politics (ZEEV)

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Hi Zeev; Thanx for the reply..and ya I've been legging into them all year..some of the first ones had
a better basic rate and are at 5.17% , that basic rate dropped last May ( i think it was ) and I know the basic
rate will drop next month again , so I'm going to finish my yearly bond buying early before
taht drop. But a bond ladder is what I'm trying to teach my wife, as she would never trade
the stock market and will likely out live me a long time.
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I have some 6% stuff that comes due DEC of next year , and that's going to be decision
time , if rates are not up by then I may just Spend the money, the old house could
use some fixing up.
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These I-bonds are sort of like a floating 5 yr CD, but if rates change enough
one can cash them in a year and take the 3 month interest loss to roll
into some higher fixed rates..
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Inflate , Inflate, per chance to dream, but what dreams we fly off unto
we know not of..
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I keep it simple; when every one talks about the Dollar moves I watch
Crude Oil prices..it's not gold anymore , .crude oil has become
the hard currency of the world, the bottom line is the cost of energy ( BTUs ) will
determine growth over the longer term, even more
so than interest rates.