EE Series US Savings Bond Review

The EE Series US Savings Bond are a great choice for the low risk investor like me. Although, they do take awhile to mature. At least you can't lose any money and in this economy that is very important to me. I like the fact the fact that they are affordable as you only have to pay half the face value for example for a  $100.00 EE Series US Savings Bond, you only are required to pay $50.00. I buy the bonds right at my local bank and I usually buy them as gifts for the Holidays for my nieces and nephews. Currently, my husband and I try to buy one for each our children once a month. I think these are a better opportunity for the children to have some money since I'm not that knowledgeable about the stock market or other financial investments. These bonds are like a no lose opportunity in that you can't lose what you have paid for them and by the time my children and nieces and nephews are old enough to cash them in they will be worth double what I paid for them.