Savings Bond Alert: May 2006

U.S. Savings Bonds are an excellent do-it-yourself investment, but more complicated than most owners realize. Savings Bond Alert earns its keep by guiding you through the maze of costly mistakes other Savings Bond investors make.

Learn how to:
* Defuse the deferred tax time-bomb
* Stay clear of the double-taxation trap
* Make the right Series I or Series EE buying decision
* Avoid hidden interest-rate penalties when redeeming bonds
* Pay the penalty and still earn great short-term rates
* Buy electronic Savings Bonds online with TreasuryDirect

Savings Bond Alert includes everything you need to manage your investment in Savings Bonds.

The May 2005 edition includes over 60 pages of tables that tell you how much your bonds are worth and how much interest they'll earn each month from November 2004 to May 2005. The tables also include the best time to redeem each bond, how much your bond earned this year, and our exclusive Alert Recommendation for each issue month.

Savings Bond Alert is a complete reference for Savings Bonds.
* Whose name should you put on a Savings Bond and how do you change it?
* How do you replace lost or forgotten Savings Bonds?
* What are the issues to consider if you want to pass on Savings Bonds or if you inherit them?

The book includes instructions for accessing the publisher's web site, which has links to updated information, web sites mentioned in the text, and Savings Bonds forms which can be downloaded and printed out on your own computer.