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Expert: Doug Ingram - 11/22/2006


Question
What can you tell me about Canada Savings Bonds or savings bonds in general? I know nothing about it.

Answer
I really don't know anything about Canadian Savings Bonds.
As for the U.S., you are investing small amounts in the Treasury.
You can choose bonds that pay fixed coupons, floating coupons, or even those that have a small coupon, but pay more return based on higher inflation.
http://www.savingsbonds.gov/
Visit this site and then these.

http://www.treasurydirect.gov/indiv/products/prod_ibonds_glance.htm
http://www.treasurydirect.gov/indiv/products/prod_eebonds_glance.htm
http://www.treasurydirect.gov/indiv/products/prod_hhbonds_glance.htm

Here's the Canada site:
http://www.csb.gc.ca/eng/bonds.asp

People like savings bonds because they have the ultimate government guarantee and you can buy small denominations.

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Fixed income portfolio allocation and strategies for institutional investors. Having designed multi-scenario risk quantification and cash flow projection models for nearly 25 years, Strategic Technical Initiatives can answer your regulatory, SFAS 115 allocation, securities selection, and other questions dealing with yield curve placement and portfolio mix strategies. I write the Bond Market Review on behalf of Commerce Street Capital Management.

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Trading and designing portfolio strategies since 1980.

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Physics and Differential Mathematics

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