Originally Posted by el presidente

I've got some medium and long term money there. Nice thing is that the return is state tax exempt. Notes, Bonds and TIPS offer safety without hassle and shorter terms can be had with T-Bills. The yield on a recent auction for a 30-year bond was 4.410%...not bad! The inflation-protected TIPS was less than half that, but that was for an August auction.

The account is free, unless you have over $100K there.