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Originally Posted by baselle
Guys, guys, if you are talking about minimum balances between 5-10K and restrictions on the number of withdrawls for a .5%, you might just as well put a small percent of your total pelf into an I-bond, which is currently paying 4.8% (up from 3.67%, which is still better than the interest rates you're throwing around).
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Did this almost a year ago, good deal. There's a $30K maximum purchase limit, but that can be gotten around the same manner as the FDIC $100,000 limit (some in one name, some in another name, some in a joint account).
http://www.treasurydirect.gov/indiv/...nds_glance.htm