FWIW, Earlier I purchased some of the 10 year TIPS that had a yield of a bit more than 2.4%.…
As far as yields peaking, the USA is still running two trillion dollar deficits. It’s hard to see inflation and…
Alan Roth has been known to promote a 50% solution to these type quandaries.
Excellent info, thank you David! It makes me wonder... I have cash to deploy for my 5 year TIPS allocation.…
Category Archives: I Bond
September inflation sets I Bond variable rate at 4.08%; Social Security COLA will be 3.6%
I Bonds are likely to get another surge in popularity. By David Enna, Tipswatch.com U.S. inflation rose a bit higher than expectations in September, while also setting in stone the variable rate for the Series I Savings Bond and Social … Continue reading
Posted in Federal Reserve, I Bond, Inflation, Investing in TIPS, Retirement, Social Security
Tagged investing, personal-finance, Treasury investments
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Trump just opened the Pandora’s box of inflation
By David Enna, Tipswatch.com In his his interview last week with Time magazine, President Trump mentioned, in an off-hand way, that inflation could be the solution to the nation’s $40 trillion national debt. This is something a president should NEVER … Continue reading
Tremors are rippling across the U.S. Treasury market
Yields are soaring. Is inflation the cause? Not exactly. By David Enna, Tipswatch.com Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, when criticized, often says the United States has the “best-performing bond market in the developed world.” As evidence, he points to successful Treasury … Continue reading
TIPS vs. I Bonds: Let’s do the math
TIPS are more attractive, but the I Bond’s fixed rate will be rising. By David Enna, Tipswatch.com While Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities and Series I Savings Bonds are both inflation-tracking investments, they each have a unique quality: TIPS are reactive, with … Continue reading
Posted in Cash alternatives, I Bond, Inflation, Investing in TIPS, Savings Bond, TreasuryDirect
Tagged investing, personal-finance, Treasury investments
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Here’s an illustrated guide to TreasuryDirect’s new login process
By David Enna, Tipswatch.com Based on reader feedback I’ve seen, it looks like most people are having no problems logging into TreasuryDirect‘s new system once they have completed verifying a login account with ID.me. That’s good. The bigger problem, of … Continue reading
Posted in I Bond, Savings Bond, Social Security, TreasuryDirect
Tagged ID.me, IRS, security
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FWIW, in the near past, I have split my lump sum in half. Half went to the TIPS and half…