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I was in the States as an international student. Since I have completed my studies I have come back to my home country. What I want to ask is, can I still invest in Bonds, Equity, CD’s, etc…through my bank account, which is active. I will not be investing too much money. I do have a Social Security Numer and an active checking account in the US (which I had opened up during my stay over there), and now I even plan on opening up a savings account with the same bank. Would I be able to do that (invest) without any problems? Will the immigration office or the US government have any problems with people outside of the US investing in US stocks, bonds, and other financial instrument? Any help would be appriciated. Thanks.

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I am thinking about cashing in my bond to buy investment property. Does anyone know what the tax rate would be? For example, how much would taxes be on a $10,000 US Savings Bond?

My parents bought me a number of US Savings Bonds when I was a little kid in anticipation of giving them to me as a present when I matured. Well I recently tried to go to a bank and cash them and I was out of luck because not all of the bonds have my name on them, some of them had my mom and some of them had my dads name on there. Some even said PUD and my name. What should I do? Basically my question is that how do you cash a us savings bond when your name is not on it?

Recently I have been asked about what global funds are. Some people confuse global funds with international funds. There are differences between global funds and international funds as well as other types of mutual funds such as regional funds.

Definition of global funds

Global funds are sometimes called world funds. Unlike international funds, global funds include US stocks or bonds in their portfolios as well as stocks or bonds from other countries.

Different global funds have different proportions of what stocks or bonds are US stocks or bonds. Different global funds are also heavy on stocks or bonds of different countries depending on what the mutual fund manager sees opportunities and good investments that are in line with the mutual fund’s objective.

You can read more about mutual fund here at http://www.mutual-fund-research.info or for advanced mutual fund investors http://www.morningstar.com. There are thousands of good looking mutual funds. It is important to do your research carefully to see which mutual funds or global funds are suitable for your goals.