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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.

5-year TIPS auction gets a record-low real yield of -1.685%

Posted on October 21, 2021 by Tipswatch

By David Enna, Tipswatch.com The U.S. Treasury’s auction of $19 billion in a new 5-year Treasury Inflation-Protected Security generated a real yield to maturity of -1.685%, the lowest ever recorded for any TIPS auction of any term. This is CUSIP … Continue reading →

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I Bond podcast: U.S. Savings Bonds for a risk-free, stellar return over the next year …

Posted on October 20, 2021 by Tipswatch

By David Enna, Tipswatch.com Jeremy Keil, a certified financial planner based in Milwaukee, reached out to me this month to help educate his clients on U.S. Series I Savings Bonds, a very hot topic in October 2021. We tried to … Continue reading →

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A new 5-year TIPS goes to auction Thursday. Here’s what to expect.

Posted on October 17, 2021 by Tipswatch

By David Enna, Tipswatch.com With all the attention being drawn to U.S. Series I Savings Bonds these days, the Treasury’s other inflation-protected investment, the Treasury Inflation-Protected Security, seems to be flying under the radar. And that’s probably right. For a … Continue reading →

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I Bond dilemma: Buy in October? Or wait until November?

Posted on October 14, 2021 by Tipswatch

My opinion: Long-term investors should buy in October. Short-term term investors could wait until November. But whatever … buy I Bonds in 2021. By David Enna, Tipswatch.com With the release of the September inflation report on Wednesday, we got rather … Continue reading →

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Inflation report sets I Bond’s inflation-adjusted rate at 7.12% and Social Security COLA at 5.9%

Posted on October 13, 2021 by Tipswatch

Overall U.S. inflation ran slightly higher than expected in September By David Enna, Tipswatch.com The inflation news this morning is historic. So let’s get right to it. The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.4% in September … Continue reading →

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