Where does one go to purchace US bonds?

Question

Do you go to your bank?

Answer 1

Banks can definitely help you.

Answer 2

Savings bonds should not be bought. Awful use of money - no investment. Treasury Direct or a broker like schwab.com works fine for true Treasury bills/notes/bonds. In general you should not buy these either but rather a mutual fund that holds them. If looking for more income bonds not the answer. If have further info feel free to contact via answers.

Answer 3

That depends, if you want US Saving Bonds any bank ,or credit union works. If you want us Treasury Bonds You can set up an account called Treasury Direct which lets you purchase new bonds with no fee's. Go to Treasurydirect.gov. If you want to buy any us debt you can buy them through BondsOnline.com: They have any bond you would want, you would set up an account and buy through the website. Hope this helps.

Answer 4

Small savings bonds? Your bank. Treasury bonds ($10,000 and up)? Your local Federal Reserve bank. You can do this by mail.

Answer 5

What kind of Bonds? EE (Double E) bonds and I bonds can be purchased from your local bank. They place the order and the Bonds get mailed to you. you can call 1-800-US-Bonds for more info, such as interest rates.

Answer 6

Go to the US treasury website. There's a huge lot of information there, which will answer all your questions.

http://www.treasurydirect.gov/indiv/products/products.htm

There are several types of bonds: EE, E, I, H, etc. All have different attributes.

Answer 7

for the common savings bonds, you can get them at any US bank or credit union

you can also purchase an "electronic" savings bond at treasurydirect.com.

Answer 8

Go to your bank.

Answer 9

That's the easiest place to do it. Here's the link to the government agency that sells US Bonds:

http://www.publicdebt.treas.gov/bpd/bpdhome.htm