US Backed High Yield

With 10-year Treasury Notes yielding a paltry 1.6%, it must be impossible to get over 3% from a US government-backed bond. Wrong, Tom and Don share a practically risk-free place to park up to $10,000 that's currently earning 3.5%.

Plus, a whole lot of calls on:

• Stable-value funds, vs bond funds.

• An alternative to Wellesley Income.

• Another renting versus buying question.

• Determining when to move lump-sum pension to IRA.

• Investing for a child's education.

• A crypto trader who's ready to start building a real portfolio.