Redeeming savings bonds Once you have the bond, you decide how long you'll hold onto it, anywhere between one and 30 years. EE bonds double in value after 20 years — but you'll need to wait the ...

Series EE savings bonds issued on and after May 2005 ... offer inflation protection and a higher interest rate. If you redeem bonds before five years have lapsed, you'll forfeit the previous ...

There's always a risk the savings bond will be cashed in long before maturity, in which case there's missed growth ...

Today, the government has introduced a new bond—the Patriot—to support the war against terrorism. Though it’s just a redesign of the popular Series EE savings bond, it symbolizes the same ...

Thanks to rising inflation, Series I savings bonds have enjoyed a boom in popularity. I bonds issued from May 2022 through October 2022 earned a composite rate of 9.62% for the first six months ...

If you have a Series EE savings bond, it pays to know the current value ... but they never expire and there’s no deadline to redeem them. They do stop earning interest upon maturity.