
It turns out you may want to buy more of those colorful pieces of paper your grandma used to give you.
At first glance, it appears EE series savings bonds offer a paltry interest rate rivaled by today’s checking accounts, but they have one special feature, which has been irrelevant until 2009, when interest rates plummeted. Because of this little known feature, these pieces of paper could be your highest yielding bond investment today.