Category Archives: Investing in TIPS

Treasury raises I Bond fixed rate to 0.1%

The US Treasury just announced that it is raising the the fixed rate on Series I Savings Bonds to 01.%, up from 0.0%. This creates a composite rate of 1.64% for I Bonds purchased from today through April 30, 2016. … Continue reading

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New Social Security rules to end ‘file and suspend’ strategy

I’m not much an expert on Social Security (I am not collecting it at the moment), but I was planning to use the widely-encouraged ‘file and suspend’ strategy when my wife reached age 66 in a few years. Under that … Continue reading

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Buying EE Savings Bonds in 2015? Do it RIGHT NOW.

As I noted in my previous post, I’m going to be buying my 2015 allocation of I Bonds next week, even if the fixed rate rate remains at 0.0%. But if I were considering buying EE Bonds, I would do … Continue reading

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Will the Treasury raise the I Bond fixed rate on Nov. 2?

I Bond investors are going to be getting back in the game on Nov. 2, after suffering through six months of 0.0% returns, which effectively cut off all I Bond sales from May to October 2015. Only a sucker would … Continue reading

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30-year TIPS reopening auctions with a yield of 1.20%

Sorry for the delay — it’s been quite the day. Meeting after meeting, all afternoon. And so, what happened at the 1 p.m. close of today’s TIPS auction? CUSIP 912810RL4 auctioned with a real yield (after inflation) to maturity of … Continue reading

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