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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.

A Greek-Italian restaurant can tell you a lot about real world inflation

Posted on August 2, 2022 by Tipswatch

By David Enna, Tipswatch.com Editor’s note: This is an updated version of an article I first wrote in 2017 and revised in 2021. There’s a restaurant in my hometown – Charlotte, N.C. – that has been in business continuously at … Continue reading →

Posted in Inflation | 17 Comments

Confused by TIPS prices? Here’s a walk-through.

Posted on July 24, 2022 by Tipswatch

Yes, you can make sense of the complex pricing of Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities. By David Enna, Tipswatch.com Last week, I decided to buy $15,000 of the new 10-year Treasury Inflation-Protected Security — CUSIP 91282CEZ0 — being offered at auction by … Continue reading →

Posted in Investing in TIPS | 67 Comments

New 10-year TIPS gets real yield of 0.630% at auction, a nice result for investors

Posted on July 21, 2022 by Tipswatch

A weak bid-to-cover ratio of 2.18 indicates lousy demand from big-money investors. By David Enna, Tipswatch.com The Treasury’s offering of $17 billion in a new 10-year Treasury Inflation-Protected Security — CUSIP 91282CEZ0 — generated a real yield to maturity of … Continue reading →

Posted in Investing in TIPS | 18 Comments

This week’s 10-year TIPS auction has ‘potential’

Posted on July 17, 2022 by Tipswatch

But beware: Real yields are volatile; even hour to hour By David Enna, Tipswatch.com Update, July 21: New 10-year TIPS gets real yield of 0.630% at auction, a nice result for investors The Treasury on Thursday will auction $17 billion in … Continue reading →

Posted in Investing in TIPS | 49 Comments

Social Security COLA looks likely to rise about 10% for 2023

Posted on July 15, 2022 by Tipswatch

Want to understand how the COLA is calculated? It’s complicated. Read on … By David Enna, Tipswatch.com With the release of the June inflation report on Wednesday, we now have a pretty good idea of where the Social Security cost-of-living … Continue reading →

Posted in Retirement, Social Security | 8 Comments