After reading all your comments, another step you can take is to write your senators and representatives demanding that they…
Dave, I ran by the spouse, if we die tomorrow we got enough money, she didnt go for it.
I was a buyer and am happy with the real yield... close enough to my expectations.
I prefer I-Bonds for the opportunity to defer my tax liability like my Traditional IRA. I am converting my IRA…
Category Archives: Inflation
Countdown to the I Bond’s rate reset
April 30 update: I Bond gets a new fixed rate of 1.10%, composite rate of 3.98% By David Enna, Tipswatch.com Sometime on Wednesday, April 30, the Treasury is likely to unveil its new fixed, inflation-adjusted and composite interest rates for the … Continue reading
Posted in Cash alternatives, I Bond, Inflation, Investing in TIPS, TreasuryDirect
Tagged investing, personal-finance, Treasury investments
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5-year TIPS auction gets real yield of 1.702% to apparently weak demand
By David Enna, Tipswatch.com The Treasury’s auction of a new 5-year TIPS, CUSIP 91282CNB3, was a hard one to predict. Real yields have been sliding all over the place in the last week. You might have seen real yield predictions … Continue reading
Posted in Federal Reserve, Inflation, Investing in TIPS, TreasuryDirect
Tagged economy, finance, inflation, investing, personal-finance
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5-year TIPS auction presents a dilemma
You can find better real yields by stretching out the maturity date, just a bit. By David Enna, Tipswatch.com Important note, April 16: Treasury posted an amended announcement for this Thursday auction, moving up the closing times (probably because of … Continue reading
Posted in Bank CDs, Cash alternatives, I Bond, Inflation, Investing in TIPS, TreasuryDirect
Tagged investing, personal-finance, Treasury investments
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Welcome to the I Bond ‘buying season’
Buy in April to lock in the 1.2% fixed rate? Or buy in May to start with a higher composite rate? April 30 update: I Bond gets a new fixed rate of 1.10%, composite rate of 3.98% By David Enna, Tipswatch.com … Continue reading
Posted in Cash alternatives, Federal Reserve, I Bond, Inflation, Retirement, Savings Bond, Treasury Bills, TreasuryDirect
Tagged economy, finance, inflation, investing, personal-finance, The Treasury
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I Bond’s variable rate will rise to 2.86% on May 1
March prices slipped into deflation, a bit of a surprise. By David Enna, Tipswatch.com April 30 update: I Bond gets a new fixed rate of 1.10%, composite rate of 3.98% The just-released March inflation report gives us something we desperately need: … Continue reading
Changed the beneficiaries to all our Ibonds to the grandsons, one of whom FINALLY opened a TD account and accepted…