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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Troodon, post: 1640235, member: 4626&quot;]I could be worried over nothing lol but I just find having something physically in my hand more comforting than having it stored electronically somewhere; call me old fashioned if you like.</p><p><br /></p><p>That picture reminds me of the savings bonds my father purchased for me shortly after I was born in 1976.&nbsp; He bought two $50 series D bonds (no longer issued) and gave them to me about the time they fully matured in 2006.&nbsp; I cashed them in and used the proceeds to buy more bonds.&nbsp; The $100 face value of the bonds were worth $426 in 2006.&nbsp; Pretty decent long term investment, and fairly safe (it about doubles your money if you adjust for inflation).&nbsp; Depends on interest rates, inflation rates, and how much faith you have the government will stay economically stable for the next 30 years lol... but assuming there&#039;s no major economic disaster it still beats putting the same amount of money under your mattress for 30 years.&nbsp; Been in the habit of getting $100 worth every year out of my tax refund for the last few years.</p><p><br /></p><p>P.S.&nbsp; Banks don&#039;t have any way of reading the punch cards on those bonds anymore lol... but they were able to authenticate the bond and look up the redemption value easily enough.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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