Bond Investing : How Do Savings Bonds Work?

Savings bonds operate like all bonds, and bonds are debt securities that are issued by an authorized borrower. Learn about why savings bonds are generally bought at face value with help from a licensed financial planner in this free video on bonds and investing.

Expert: William Rae
Contact: www.hbwfl.com
Bio: William Rae has been licensed in the insurance and financial fields for more than 30 years.
Filmmaker: Christopher Rokosz

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my name is Bill Wright I with the Lummi
financial services
I've been in the business and the
finance world
for well over 20 years and your question
is
how to savings bonds work well
US savings bonds operate like all bombs
and a bond in the finance world is a
debt
security issued by an authorized
borrower meeting in in the you all the
data obviously
meeting their borrowing money from you
and they agreed to pay you back
interest on your money savings bonds
are interesting because you generally
buy them at at what's considered a face
value
fifty dollar hundred-dollar you like to
pay that
but at the agreed time you can cash in
back in for that amount
that your interest that should profit
good safe bet
guaranteed that the US government
is probably gonna be a rock however
must caution you you really should
talk with a licensed professional were
not
soliciting are offering stock advice
just trying to get you an idea of what
it is
that a bond s my name is Bill rate
I with the lovely financial services and
as always
week urge you to understand whatever
agreement or contract you're signing
know what it is that they want how and
when do you get your money back
and what reasonable interest or
repayment
a profit on your money you expect to get
and as always
seek carpeted advice with the lovely
financial services
we're always here to help you build well