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Category Archives: Investing in TIPS
Real yields continue their wild ride
By David Enna, Tipswatch.com If you follow me on Twitter (yes, I still call it Twitter), you might have seen a very recent (June 5) post observing that real yields appeared to be heading back below 2.0%, breaking a two-month … Continue reading
Posted in Federal Reserve, Inflation, Investing in TIPS
Tagged bonds, economy, inflation, investing, personal-finance, Treasury investments
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AllianceBernstein suggests a 60/30/10 portfolio to protect against inflation
Investment firm sees ‘higher and spikier’ inflation looming. By David Enna, Tipswatch.com AllianceBernstein, a global investment firm with about $725 billion in assets under management, is now advising its clients to replace the traditional 60% stocks / 40% bonds portfolio … Continue reading
Posted in Cash alternatives, Investing in TIPS, Retirement
Tagged bonds, economy, interest-rates, investing, personal-finance, Treasury investments
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iShares launches its 2034 target-date TIPS ETF
By David Enna, Tipswatch.com As I predicted might happen in a December article on this topic, Blackrock’s iShares division last week launched a unique ETF holding just one bond: CUSIP 91282CJY8, a 10-year TIPS that matures in January 2034. The … Continue reading
10-year TIPS reopening auction gets real yield of 2.184%, highest since 2009
By David Enna, Tipswatch.com Today’s 10-year reopening of CUSIP 91282CJY8 — a 9-year, 8-month Treasury Inflation-Protected Security — generated a surprisingly high real yield to maturity of 2.184%, the highest for this term at auction since January 2009. The auction … Continue reading
Posted in Inflation, Investing in TIPS, Retirement
Tagged bonds, finance, inflation, investing, real-estate
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This week’s 10-year TIPS reopening auction looks attractive
By David Enna, Tipswatch.com Real yields have had a bumpy ride over the last several weeks, but as things settle down, it looks like this week’s reopening auction of a 10-year Treasury Inflation-Protected Security could be a promising investment. This … Continue reading
Posted in Federal Reserve, Inflation, Investing in TIPS, TreasuryDirect
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Back when Peter Lynch was a media star (prior to the introduction of both TIPs and I-bonds) he wrote a…