Category Archives: Investing in TIPS

I am at work today so I can only post the facts: The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.2% in October on a seasonally adjusted basis, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over the … Continue reading →

The US Treasury just announced that it will reopen CUSIP 912828XL9 at auction on Nov. 19, creating a 9-year, 8-month Treasury Inflation-Protected Security. This TIPS, which first auctioned on July 23, carries a coupon rate of 0.375%. It will be … Continue reading →

I am not invested in TIPS mutual funds; my preferred strategy is to buy TIPS at auction and hold them to maturity. But I do follow the TIP ETF to check on the overall trend in TIPS, and I have … Continue reading →

I wrote yesterday about how the lowly Series EE Savings Bond is actually a pretty attractive investment in today’s interest-rate environment, if held for 20 years. I didn’t expect many people to agree with me. So far, everyone seems to … Continue reading →

Last week I posted on both the Series I Savings Bond (which I have been buying for years) and the Series EE, which I haven’t bought – or even thought much about – since 1992. But that post on the … Continue reading →