Savings

Hey everyone,

I always have kept a good amount of my money in the basic saving and checking accounts. But a large portion of my money I like to put else where to see if I can get a high return rate. For a few years I would take one of my paychecks and put it into different stocks. I made alot of money on a few different stocks, but I also lost alot of money in other ones. In the end I pretty much just broke even. All now of days noones stocks are doing good so I think I may stay away from them. I also decide to put some of my money into CDs, basically bank accounts with high interest but your not allowed to touch the money for a certain amount of time. Which worked out really well, the only problem is deciding how long to buy a CD for. One year doesn't seem like alot but when you want to buy something big, you miss having that money around. Lately I tried bonds, I bought I bonds which change with the US economy and EE bonds which double in value over several years. In the end EE bonds took to long to mature and I bonds where to unpredictable. So right now I have all my money in a savings account. What do you guys think is the best decision for me to get the most bang for my buck. But after college ( about two and a half years from now) I plan to buy my first house, so the money should be available then. Any ideas.