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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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Category Archives: Investing in TIPS
30-year real yield cracks through a milestone, rising above zero
Real yields are rising. Noticed that your TIPS fund or ETF has taken a hit? By David Enna, Tipswatch.com Maybe it’s not really an Earth-shattering event, but something significant happened Friday: The real yield on a 30-year Treasury Inflation-Protected Security … Continue reading
Posted in I Bond, Investing in TIPS
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New 10-year TIPS auctions with a real yield of -0.540%
The auctioned real yield came in higher than current market pricing, indicating fairly weak demand for this offering. By David Enna, Tipswatch.com The Treasury’s offering of $16 billion in a new 10-year Treasury Inflation-Protected Security — CUSIP 91282CDX6 — generated … Continue reading
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A 10-year TIPS matured Jan. 15. How did it do as an investment?
CUSIP 912828SA9 was the first-ever 10-year TIPS to auction with a negative real yield. Still, it ended up out-performing its nominal counterpart. By David Enna, Tipswatch.com On January 15, 2022, a 10-year TIPS — CUSIP 912828SA9 — matured. It was … Continue reading
Posted in Inflation, Investing in TIPS
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10-year TIPS auction: Real yields are rising
Thursday’s auction of a new 10-year TIPS will get a real yield nearly 50 basis points higher than a similar auction in November. But is that enough? By David Enna, Tipswatch.com The U.S. Treasury will offer a new 10-year Treasury … Continue reading
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U.S. inflation surged 7.0% in 2021, the highest rate in 40 years
December all-items inflation increased 0.5%, slightly higher than expectations. By David Enna, Tipswatch.com This seemed impossible just 12 months ago, when U.S. inflation ran at 1.4% for 2020. But December’s price increases continued an ominous trend in 2021, with annual … Continue reading
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