Category Archives: Investing in TIPS

By David Enna, Tipswatch.com This is a great time to be a holder of Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities, because probably all of your longer-term holdings are more valuable today than when you purchased them. The TIP ETF, which holds the full … Continue reading →

By David Enna, Tipswatch.com For several years, I’ve been tracking the performance of TIPS investments versus nominal Treasurys of the same term. Over the last decade, TIPS have been fairly lousy investments when compared to their nominal counterparts. That’s what … Continue reading →

By David Enna, Tipswatch.com Memo to inflation predictors: You are going to need some new formulas. The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers increased 0.8% in April on a seasonally adjusted basis after rising 0.6% in March, the U.S. … Continue reading →

I know most of my readers are experienced investors who already have a TreasuryDirect account. If you know a less-experienced investor who could use this information, please pass it along. Thanks … By David Enna, Tipswatch.com The news that U.S. … Continue reading →

Treasury also maintains EE Bond’s doubling period at 20 years By David Enna, Tipwatch.com The U.S. Treasury just announced the May to October 2021 terms for U.S. Series I Bonds and EE Bonds, and … as we expected, there were … Continue reading →