table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbrdiv style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1/divdiv class=lha href=http://www.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/7-0fd=Rurl=http://hamptonroads.com/2008/12/gifts-keep-givingcid=0ei=vW9iSdP_MYbQgAPzh9yKBAusg=AFQjCNFffdChnwn88aioM7EHzL6KCKHm2gGifts that keep giving/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fThe Virginian-Pilot,nbsp;VAnbsp;-/font nobrDec 9, 2008/nobr/fontbrfont size=-1And bbonds/b at least earn more than you can get from that cash stashed in the mattress. The US Treasury#39;s online bcalculator/b estimates that a $100 bsavings bond/b b.../b/font/div/font/td/tr/table
table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbrdiv style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1/divdiv class=lha href=http://www.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/3-0fd=Rurl=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/borrowing/mortgages/3918204/Ten-ways-to-benefit-from-low-interest-rates.htmlcid=0ei=vW9iSdP_MYbQgAPzh9yKBAusg=AFQjCNGZb_ihOIqx7fIrbRYx_vgb0fp0pgTen ways to benefit from low interest rates/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fTelegraph.co.uk,nbsp;United Kingdomnbsp;-/font nobrDec 31, 2008/nobr/fontbrfont size=-1According to Legal amp; General#39;s stakeholder pension bcalculators/b, a 35-year-old man putting £120 a month into a pension could end up with an income of £212 a b.../b/font/div/font/td/tr/table
table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd width=80 align=center valign=topfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifa href=http://www.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/5i-0fd=Rurl=http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/money/personal-investing/what-to-do-about-bonds-5-07/overview/0507_bonds_ov.htm?resultPageIndex=1&resultIndex=1&searchTerm=%22municipal%20bonds%22cid=1281242190ei=vW9iSdP_MYbQgAPzh9yKBAusg=AFQjCNFONSeLlhCxF6Zt0qtt4PtZcj-zSQimg src=http://nt0.ggpht.com/news?imgefp=uLxxDO9ZELAJimgurl=www.consumerreports.org/cro/resources/images/money/personal-investing/what-to-do-about-bonds-5-07/overview/crma-bonds-art-7-06.jpg width=80 height=57 alt= border=1brfont size=-2Consumer reports/font/a/font/tdtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbrdiv style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1/divdiv class=lha href=http://www.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/5-0fd=Rurl=http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/money/personal-investing/what-to-do-about-bonds-5-07/overview/0507_bonds_ov.htm?resultPageIndex=1&resultIndex=1&searchTerm=%22municipal%20bonds%22cid=1281242190ei=vW9iSdP_MYbQgAPzh9yKBAusg=AFQjCNFONSeLlhCxF6Zt0qtt4PtZcj-zSQWhat to do about bbonds/b/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fConsumer reportsnbsp;-/font nobrDec 18, 2008/nobr/fontbrfont size=-1Minimums there are more affordable: $1000 ($25 in the case of bsavings bonds/b). For the details, go to www.savingsbonds.gov. Forget ?laddering? unless you b.../b/font/div/font/td/tr/table