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- Treasury sets I Bond’s fixed rate at 1.40%; composite rate rises to 5.51%
- A historically awful 5-year TIPS matured Oct. 15. How did it do as an investment?
- The I Bond’s new fixed rate should be 1.40%. However …
- 5-year TIPS auction gets real yield of 2.367% on a strong day for Treasurys
- This week’s 5-year TIPS auction may be the ‘ultimate’ conservative investment
- September inflation sets I Bond variable rate at 4.08%; Social Security COLA will be 3.6%
- ‘TIPS are for losers’ … Really?
- Trump just opened the Pandora’s box of inflation
- Tremors are rippling across the U.S. Treasury market
- TIPS vs. I Bonds: Let’s do the math
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Archives
Many thanks. What are your thoughts on Treasury default? A vanishingly-small left-tail risk, or a consideration that now must be…
At this point, statistical manipulation remains "theoretical," at least for inflation numbers. But the risk is there. For example, at…
I'd say yes, because cash does earn a decent return these days.
The gift-box purchase is like any other I Bond purchase. It gets the current fixed rate. The only difference is…
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Category Archives: Investing in TIPS
Uncertainty surrounds this week’s 10-year TIPS auction
Have we passed the peak for real yields? Or is this another head-fake? By David Enna, Tipswatch.com Well, that was a wild week. Look back to Nov. 3, when both 5- and 10-year TIPS real yields were closing in on … Continue reading
Posted in Federal Reserve, Investing in TIPS
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This week, I bought a historically disastrous TIPS
It is CUSIP 912810RA8, first auctioned on Feb. 13, 2013. It wasn’t a great investment back in 2013. But now … By David Enna, Tipswatch.com Earlier this week, on Wednesday afternoon, I did something I’ve never done before: I bought … Continue reading
Posted in Investing in TIPS
32 Comments
October inflation cools a bit, coming in below expectations
Will the Federal Reserve take this as a signal to begin slowing interest rate increases? By David Enna, Tipswatch.com The stock and bond markets finally got a positive surprise today with the release of the October inflation report, with monthly … Continue reading
Posted in Federal Reserve, I Bond, Inflation, Investing in TIPS
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Treasury sets I Bond’s new fixed rate at 0.4%; composite rate is now 6.89%
Fixed rate for Series EE Savings Bonds soars from 0.1% to 2.1%; doubling period remains at 20 years. By David Enna, Tipswatch.com The U.S. Treasury announced this morning it is raising the fixed rate of the U.S Series I Savings … Continue reading
Posted in Investing in TIPS
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New 5-year TIPS auctions with a real yield of 1.732%, highest in 15 years
Still, real yield was lower than expected as inflation expectations surged higher. By David Enna, Tipswatch.com The Treasury’s offering of $21 billion in a new 5-year Treasury Inflation-Protected Security resulted in a mixed bag for investors: The real yield of … Continue reading
Posted in Inflation, Investing in TIPS
73 Comments
It is a very slight risk. I can't see a straight-out default happening, but some sort of manipulation of terms?…