A last option, Finke suggested, is to “buy yourself future income” through a deferred income annuity (DIA) that will allow you to take $100,000 today and buy yourself around $10,000 of income in five ...

Savings bonds are a type of debt security issued by the U.S. government. Unlike typical bonds that pay interest regularly, a savings bond is a zero-coupon bond, meaning it pays interest only when it ...

You can check the value of your savings bond through the TreasuryDirect website. Even if you have paper savings bonds, you ...