Author Archives: Tipswatch

I’m not much an expert on Social Security (I am not collecting it at the moment), but I was planning to use the widely-encouraged ‘file and suspend’ strategy when my wife reached age 66 in a few years. Under that … Continue reading →

As I noted in my previous post, I’m going to be buying my 2015 allocation of I Bonds next week, even if the fixed rate rate remains at 0.0%. But if I were considering buying EE Bonds, I would do … Continue reading →

I Bond investors are going to be getting back in the game on Nov. 2, after suffering through six months of 0.0% returns, which effectively cut off all I Bond sales from May to October 2015. Only a sucker would … Continue reading →

Sorry for the delay — it’s been quite the day. Meeting after meeting, all afternoon. And so, what happened at the 1 p.m. close of today’s TIPS auction? CUSIP 912810RL4 auctioned with a real yield (after inflation) to maturity of … Continue reading →

I’ll be working tomorrow morning – I usually have Thursdays off – so I won’t be able to post an update then. After the auction closes, I’ll post the result, but I won’t be able to post much commentary. We’re … Continue reading →