Every six months, the United States Treasury Department reveals the yield that will be paid on newly issued Series I Savings Bonds, or "I bonds." We recently learned the new rate that will be paid ...

Current top high-yield savings account rates are actually higher than the I bonds rate. I would not lock up money in I bonds unless the rate were over 2% better than I could get in a liquid high ...

The U.S. consumer price index, or CPI, rose by 5% year over year in March, well above the Federal Reserve's long-term target of 2% inflation. For Americans concerned about falling stock prices and ...

That could leave the I bond rate steady for a while. We do, of course, know what current CD rates are. Every business day, Investopedia tracks the rates of more than 200 banks and credit unions ...

The rate of return on these bonds is actually a composite rate that combines their fixed and inflation-adjusted rates. For example, the current I-bond rate for those issued between November 1 and ...

A flight to safety amid extreme equity volatility has driven bond yields down, but investors are also eyeing lower yields as a recession comes into view.

Series I savings bonds have drawn a lot of attention over the last few years as inflation flew. Back in 2022, billions of dollars of I-bonds were sold when their interest rate ran up to 9.62%.

Kenneth Potts, senior vice president and portfolio manager for the U.S. Fixed Income team at Fiera Capital, adds that the "current environment of higher yields will generate more income from bond ...