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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.

Next up: 10-year TIPS reopens at auction Sept. 18

Posted on September 15, 2014 by Tipswatch

Hate to admit this auction announcement actually slipped past me (I’ve been out of town lately), but maybe it’s for the best because conditions in the TIPS market have been changing dramatically in the last two weeks. So, yeah, oops, … Continue reading →

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PenFed’s new 1-year CD shows the screwed-up state of interest rates

Posted on September 11, 2014 by Tipswatch

I am a customer of the Pentagon Federal Credit Union, also known as PenFed, and I jumped happily aboard when it offered an above-market 3% 5-year CD in December 2013 and January 2014. But since then its CD rates have … Continue reading →

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Why TIPS aren’t a good buy right now: A story in charts

Posted on September 4, 2014 by Tipswatch

I am a choosy buyer of Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities, so choosy in fact that I’ve only pulled the trigger three times since July 2011. In that time, yields on TIPS have plummeted, while at the same time inflation has been … Continue reading →

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5-year TIPS auctions with yield of – 0.281%

Posted on August 21, 2014 by Tipswatch

The Treasury Department sold $16 billion in 5-year Treasury inflation-protected securities Thursday at a yield of -0.281%. That’s from Marketwatch … I am on the road.

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Checking in on Thursday’s TIPS auction, plus words from the Fed

Posted on August 20, 2014 by Tipswatch

I will be traveling Thursday and so I won’t be able to post any before- or after-thoughts on Thursday’s reopening of CUSIP 912828C99, creating a 4-Year 8-Month Treasury Inflation-Protected Security with a coupon rate of 0.125%. So let’s take a … Continue reading →

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