Buying and Selling Treasuries and Savings Bonds |
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Treasury and savings bonds may be bought and sold through an account at a brokerage firm, or by dealing directly with the U.S. government. New issues of Treasury bills, notes and bonds—including TIPS—can be bought through a brokerage firm, or directly from the government through auctions at the U.S. Treasury Department's TreasuryDirect website. You can also hold these in a TreasuryDirect account set up at the same website, and sell them for a fee on the secondary market.
Savings bonds can also be purchased from the government, or through banks, brokerages and many workplace payroll deduction programs. When it comes time to cash in your bond, most full-service banks and other financial institutions are "paying agents" for U.S. savings bonds. Want to know the current value of your savings bonds? You can download TreasuryDirect's Savings Bond Wizard.
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