Yes, that is the cause of the danger. States and cities balance their budgets, along with borrowing. The United States…
Strangely, so many here act as if the United States is not monetarily sovereign; I read specious claims of "we…
David, you state " The United States cannot simply cave in and attempt to inflate away its debt. That is an…
PDBC has no dreaded K-1 tax form!!!
Category Archives: Investing in TIPS
I filled out the top end of my TIPS ladder last week
By David Enna, Tipswatch.com One morning last week on Bloomberg, a fixed-income analyst was asked about the effect of a 5% nominal yield on a 30-year Treasury bond. He said: “Then you’ll see bond investors attacking like seagulls in Finding … Continue reading
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5-year TIPS auction gets a real yield of 1.367%
By David Enna, Tipswatch.com On a day when real and nominal yields were creeping higher, the Treasury’s auction of $26 billion in a new 5-year Treasury Inflation-Protected Security got a real yield to maturity of 1.367%, a good result for … Continue reading
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Here comes a rather unexciting 5-year TIPS auction
By David Enna, Tipswatch.com Unexciting? These days, maybe that’s a good thing. The U.S. Treasury on Thursday will auction $26 billion of a new 5-year Treasury Inflation-Protected Security — CUSIP 91282CQP9. The real yield to maturity and coupon rate will … Continue reading
Posted in Bank CDs, Federal Reserve, I Bond, Inflation, Investing in TIPS, Savings Bond, TreasuryDirect
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March inflation sets I Bond’s new variable rate at 3.34%
U.S. all-items inflation rose 0.9% in March to an annual rate of 3.3%. By David Enna, Tipswatch.com The March inflation report — a stunner, but not a surprise — showed that non-seasonally-adjusted all-items inflation rose 0.9% for the month, matching … Continue reading
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A 5-year TIPS is maturing April 15. How did it do as an investment?
CUSIP 91282CCA7 had one of the ugliest TIPS auctions in history. And yet … it did well versus a nominal Treasury. By David Enna, Tipswatch.com Back in April 2021 I was out-of-my-mind frustrated by ultra-low real and nominal yields that … Continue reading
Glad that you brought this scary strategy to our attentrion. I wonder when will the majority of this nation learn…