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		fspeech on Feb 24, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Berkshire Hathaway 2017 Annual Letter [pdf] You are only allowed to buy 10k in I-bonds per year and you will forfeit part of the interests if you hold them for less than 5 years.

AFNobody on Feb 25, 2018 [–]

I am aware. I have been buying them ever since I ran out of tax deferred retirement space. It's as much for expanding my effective tax deferred space as it is a secondary cash reserve.

Secondary cash reserves all have similar problems.

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