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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.

Monthly U.S. inflation for 2022 just got revised … a bit

Posted on February 11, 2023 by Tipswatch

This has no effect on annual inflation or on earnings for TIPS and I Bonds. By David Enna, Tipswatch.com While I was searching Friday for consensus estimates on the January inflation report, to be released Tuesday, I noticed something odd. … Continue reading →

Posted in I Bond, Inflation, Investing in TIPS | 10 Comments

Mystery solved: ‘Inflation Guy’ explains the upcoming CPI reweightings

Posted on February 8, 2023 by Tipswatch

Is this a conspiracy to make inflation look tamer? No. It’s a routine but important update. By David Enna, Tipswatch.com Over the last few weeks, I’ve gotten questions about “surprise” price-index reweightings coming in the January inflation report about to … Continue reading →

Posted in Inflation | 10 Comments

TIPS on the secondary market: Things to consider

Posted on February 5, 2023 by Tipswatch

Yes, real yield is important, but there are other factors to consider before making a TIPS purchase. Like: How much is this going to cost? By David Enna, Tipswatch.com As real yields continue to slide lower, a lot of investors … Continue reading →

Posted in Investing in TIPS | 59 Comments

Let’s take a look back at IVOL, a once-hot inflation-fighting ETF

Posted on January 30, 2023 by Tipswatch

By David Enna, Tipswatch.com Back in the fall of 2020, when I was still writing for SeekingAlpha, I was getting a lot of questions about a new ETF with a tongue-twisting title: the Quadratic Interest Rate Volatility and Inflation Hedge … Continue reading →

Posted in ETFs, Inflation, Investing in TIPS | 8 Comments

TreasuryDirect 1099s: How to find your tax forms, decipher them

Posted on January 24, 2023 by Tipswatch

And of course, because it’s TreasuryDirect, it’s complicated. By David Enna, Tipswatch.com If you hold Treasury issues of any kind (except possibly Savings Bonds) at TreasuryDirect, you should be getting a friendly email this week. It will say something like: … Continue reading →

Posted in Investing in TIPS, Treasury Bills, TreasuryDirect | 59 Comments