JSTOR was initiated in 1995 at seven different library sites, and originally encompassed ten economics and history journals. JSTOR access improved based on feedback from its initial sites, and it became a fully searchable index accessible from any ordinary web browser.
BREAKING DOWN 'U.S. Savings Bonds' A U.S. savings bond is a common type of government bond, which is a bond issued by a governmental body to raise funds from the public to fund its capital projects and other operations necessary to manage the economy.
Fixed income investors have a wide range of options regarding the types of bonds they can hold in their portfolio. Savings Bonds. Savings bonds are the safest investment there is, since they're backed by the government, and they're guaranteed not to lose principal. They don't offer exceptional yields, but they do offer the highest degree of safety among all of the options in the bond market.