Public Debt Online

The Public Debt web site is the most comprehensive, efficient Treasury security investment platform available to individual investors today. 1 cannot stress the value and facility that have been created by the government with the use of this web site. Any questions or inquiries concerning any of the issues can be sent electronically and someone will get back to you promptly (they did for me). You can manage your investments neatly online, and periodically review your portfolio. Even if you already have a live broker, or an account with any of the online brokerage firms, 1 strongly urge you to open an account with the Public Debt online. You ll be glad you did. 

This chapter overviews the leading online brokerages available to investors most notably MuniDirect and Public Debt Online. One sells municipal bonds, and the other, U.S. Treasuries (and even savings bonds). Since these categories are the two that individual investors concentrate on most when contemplating purchasing bonds directly for their portfolios, I feel that they would be of extreme value for you to consider. 

Public Debt Online is at http //www.publicdebt.treas.gov. That s right, this is a. gov site—perhaps the only one that is mentioned in this book that offers transactions. On this site, you can buy, direct from Uncle Sam, U.S. savings bonds (remember them ) as well as U.S. Treasury bills, notes, and bonds. (See Figure 9.2.)... 

Figure 9.2 Public Debt Online site for placing orders for savings bonds.

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