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About Tipswatch

Author of Tipswatch.com blog, David Enna is a long-time journalist based in Charlotte, N.C. A past winner of two Society of American Business Editors and Writers awards, he has written on real estate and home finance, and was a founding editor of The Charlotte Observer's website.

An I Bond strategy for 2021: Buy them. Whenever. Just do it.

Posted on January 6, 2021 by Tipswatch

By David Enna, Tipswatch.com May 3 Update: I Bond’s fixed rate holds at 0.0%; composite rate soars to 3.54% ————————— If you’ve been reading my posts over the last decade, you know I generally don’t advise jumping right into an … Continue reading →

Posted in I Bond, Savings Bond | 13 Comments

5-year TIPS reopening gets real yield of -1.575%, lowest in history for this term

Posted on December 22, 2020 by Tipswatch

By David Enna, Tipswatch.com The U.S. Treasury’s offering of $15 billion in a reopened 5-year Treasury Inflation-Protected Security was met with apparant strong demand today, producing a real yield to maturity of -1.58%, the lowest in history for TIPS auctions … Continue reading →

Posted in Investing in TIPS | 5 Comments

Heads up: Next week’s 5-year TIPS reopening auction is Tuesday, not Thursday

Posted on December 17, 2020 by Tipswatch

By David Enna, Tipswatch.com TIPS auctions are almost always on a Thursday, but that won’t happen next week, because Thursday is Christmas Eve, which this year only is a federal holiday thanks to an executive order by President Trump. So … Continue reading →

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U.S. inflation rose 0.2% in November, slightly higher than expected

Posted on December 10, 2020 by Tipswatch

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.2% in November on a seasonally adjusted basis, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over the last 12 months, the all-items index increased 1.2%. Both the 0.2% increase … Continue reading →

Posted in Investing in TIPS | 7 Comments

I’ll be scaling back (a bit) on posts here

Posted on December 3, 2020 by Tipswatch

I’ve been writing about TIPS and I Bonds for nearly 10 years, and as 2020 comes to a close, I’ve decided to scale back a bit on my writing. I’ll still be posting the inflation “news” each month — and … Continue reading →

Posted in Investing in TIPS | 46 Comments