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Category Archives: Investing in TIPS
This week’s 5-year TIPS auction offers a solid investment opportunity
By David Enna, Tipswatch.com The U.S. Treasury on Thursday will auction $22 billion in a new 5-year Treasury Inflation-Protected Security, and the results should be attractive for investors seeking protection from future inflation. It should generate the highest real yield … Continue reading
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September inflation sets I Bond’s new variable rate at 3.94%; Social Security COLA will be 3.2%
I Bond’s new composite rate could exceed 5% at the November reset. By David Enna, Tipswatch.com Investors in U.S. Series I Savings Bonds will see the investment’s annualized inflation-adjusted variable rate rise to 3.94% at the November 1 reset, up … Continue reading
September 2023: A month to remember
By David Enna, Tipswatch.com I am sitting in Vienna International Airport this morning, beginning the trip home after a three-week adventure across northern Greece, Albania, and North Macedonia. I had a great trip, and barely had time to gaze warily … Continue reading
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10-year TIPS reopening gets real yield of 2.094%, highest in 14 years
By David Enna, Tipswatch.com Today’s reopening auction of CUSIP 91282CHP9 — creating a 9-year, 10-month Treasury Inflation-Protected Security — generated a real yield to maturity of 2.094%, the highest for any auction of this term since January 2009. Investors at … Continue reading
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My schedule … and what’s coming up
By David Enna, Tipswatch.com By the time you read this, I will be arriving in Thessaloniki, Greece, to begin a 3-week jaunt across northern Greece, Albania, and North Macedonia. This is the land of Zeus and Alexander the Great, but … Continue reading
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Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities 
I hold a large amount of I bonds and EE bonds but have not as yet redeemed any. I do…