Author Archives: Tipswatch

I’ll be writing more about this later, but I thought I’d give a heads up that the Treasury has formally announced it will auction a new-issue 10-year Treasury Inflation-Protected Security on Jan. 23, 2014. This is CUSIP 912828B25 and the … Continue reading →

U.S. ‘headline’ inflation – formally known as the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers – rose 0.3% in December on a seasonally adjusted basis, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported this morning. The number – higher than in recent … Continue reading →

Minutes from the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee always get a lot of attention, but the minutes from December’s meeting are especially important, because at that meeting the Fed finally launched a slowdown of its bond-buying economic stimulus program. Embedded … Continue reading →

This blog is focused on Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities and I Bonds, both inflation-protected investments. So you might wonder why I’ve been ‘all excited’ about a 3% 5-year CD being offered by the Pentagon Federal Credit Union through Jan. 31, 2014. … Continue reading →