Archive for April, 2008

I-Bond Composite Rate Estimated at 6.06%

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

With the new CPI index numbers released today, Ed from the Bogleheads forum has computed that
the new composite rate for I Bonds purchased between now and April 30 is 6.06%. The current composite rate is 4.28%.
As Mel noted, this is huge compared to
2.5% Prime MM
4.2% ST Bond
4.25% Total Bond Market
Considering they’re risk-free, tax-deferred, [...]

Site upgraded to Wordpress 2.5

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

I just completed the site upgrade to Wordpress 2.5. I thought it was a good time to get updated with the latest features and security fixes. The last site upgrade was to Wordpress 2.1, and it was done more than a year ago.
I am pleased that the upgrade does not break the site’s theme design; [...]

My Last Words on Sogoinvest

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

I transferred out from my Sogoinvest account, or Sogotrade as it is known now, last year. I was full of hope when I opened the account in 2006 but it didn’t turn out as well as I had wished. You can see some of the problems which I highlighted in my prior posts related [...]