Summary
- Your cash in brokerage accounts is probably earning near zero. And your local bank or credit union won’t offer you much more.
- 4-week Treasurys are paying top-of-the-market yields with a very short term. They will react quickly to rising rates, with no credit risk and no interest rate risk.
- You can buy them with no commission at Treasury Direct and set up automatic reinvestments.
This discussion raises in my mind what is the optimal amount of inflation bonds to hold in a diversified bond…