Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 03:58:58 CST
From: prmail@gmail.com (Prashant)
Newsgroups: misc.invest.financial-plan
Subject:  Buying I/EE Bonds
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I am planning to buy I bonds this week. I had few questions, Would
appreciate if you can your opinions.
 
1. Is this a good time to buy bonds, or should i buy them after
sometime - As we are in age of increasing interest rates.
 
2. With the increase in interest rates, I guess the bond yield would
remain same - however would Bond Value go down to maintain same yield.
Would the Bond value going down hurt me ?
 
3. This is the first time I am planning to buy bonds. My current
investments are in Cash only. I am planning to have bonds as 20% of my
portfolio and would like to keep the money in bonds as long as I don't
need it - maybe for 15-20 or more years.
 
4. Any other piece of advice.
 
Regards,
pr