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- This week’s 5-year TIPS auction may be the ‘ultimate’ conservative investment
- September inflation sets I Bond variable rate at 4.08%; Social Security COLA will be 3.6%
- ‘TIPS are for losers’ … Really?
- Trump just opened the Pandora’s box of inflation
- Tremors are rippling across the U.S. Treasury market
- TIPS vs. I Bonds: Let’s do the math
- 10-year TIPS reopening gets real yield of 2.653%, highest in nearly 18 years
- Here’s an illustrated guide to TreasuryDirect’s new login process
- This week’s 10-year TIPS auction has strong appeal
- U.S. inflation holds at 3.4% for August. Will that lead to a rate hike?
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Lou, the coupon rate should cover the taxes for the inflation accruals.
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[…] rate is the part nobody knows for sure. Treasury doesn’t publish its formula. David Enna of Tipswatch, who has…
This auction is going to have very strong demand.
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Category Archives: I Bond
U.S. inflation rose 0.1% in November, at bit higher than expected
TIPS principal balances will fall 0.2% in January, based on non-seasonally adjusted inflation. By David Enna, Tipswatch.com Costs of shelter continued rising in November, offsetting declines in gas prices, resulting in seasonally-adjusted all-items inflation of 0.1% for the month, the … Continue reading
Posted in Federal Reserve, I Bond, Inflation, Investing in TIPS
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Real yields are sliding lower with talk of a ‘Fed pivot’
By David Enna, Tipswatch.com You can’t watch CNBC for more than 10 minutes without hearing some analyst predict the Federal Reserve will begin cutting interest rates in March 2024 … or May … or certainly by June. On the other … Continue reading
Posted in Federal Reserve, I Bond, Inflation, Investing in TIPS, Retirement, Savings Bond
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Random thoughts on I Bonds in 2023, 2024
I Bonds remain attractive, but when and why? By David Enna, Tipswatch.com The I Bond’s new fixed rate of 1.3% — the highest in 16+ years — and the resulting composite rate of 5.27% should be creating a lot of … Continue reading
I Bond’s fixed rate rises to 1.3%, highest in more than 16 years
Composite rate for I Bonds rises to 5.27%. Fixed rate for EE Bonds rises to 2.70%; doubling factor holds at 20 years. By David Enna, Tipswatch.com The Treasury announced today it is raising the permanent fixed rate on the U.S. … Continue reading
Posted in Cash alternatives, EE Bonds, I Bond, Savings Bond, TreasuryDirect
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I Bond’s fixed rate: An updated projection
By David Enna, Tipswatch.com Back on Oct. 8 I posted an article, “The I Bond’s fixed rate will rise. But by how much?” attempting to forecast the potential new fixed rate for the U.S. Series I Savings Bond, which will be … Continue reading
Posted in Cash alternatives, I Bond, Inflation, Savings Bond, TreasuryDirect
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Look for menu item 'Fixed Income, Bonds & CDs', then 'New issue' and you can select TIPS in the drop…