Category Archives: I Bond

Higher gas prices pushed consumer inflation up 0.6% in September

Posted on October 16, 2012 by Tipswatch

The Labor Department today reported that ‘headline’ inflation – the measure used to adjust the principal on TIPS and the interest rate on I Bonds – rose a strong 0.6% in September, the second strong increase in two months. Read … Continue reading →

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Are TIPS a good investment in 2012?

Posted on September 17, 2012 by Tipswatch

I get that question a lot. My quickest reaction is: ‘No.’ Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities were a really good investment back in 1999, when you could have bought a 30-year TIPS with a yield to maturity of 4.138% – that means … Continue reading →

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An update on U.S. inflation: Nowhere to be found

Posted on August 20, 2012 by Tipswatch

I was out of town last week and didn’t get a chance to write about the U.S. inflation rate in July, which was unchanged from June, in other words … zero inflation in July. This is the ‘headline’ inflation rate … Continue reading →

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Next TIPS auction: 10-year reissue on May 17, 2012

Posted on May 13, 2012 by Tipswatch

The Treasury announced this week that it will reissue CUSIP 912828SA9, a Treasury Inflation-Protected Security that matures Jan. 15, 2022. That makes this a 9-year, eight-month offering. This TIPS comes with a lowest-possible coupon rate of 0.125%, and it initially … Continue reading →

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Forget the 5-year TIPS, buy I Bonds … today

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Tipswatch

The Treasury is offering a 5-year TIPS Thursday that will have zero appeal for small investors. CUSIP 912828SQ4 will auction with a coupon rate of 0.125%, but buyers will have to pay up – way up – to get the … Continue reading →

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