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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
A new 10-year TIPS will be auctioned Thursday. Anyone interested?
Hint: It won’t be a thing of beauty. But investors may snatch it up. By David Enna, Tipswatch.com The U.S. Treasury on Thursday will offer $16 billion in a new 10-year Treasury Inflation-Protected Security, CUSIP 91282CCM1. The coupon rate and … Continue reading
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2021 and beyond: What’s ahead for U.S. financial markets?
You don’t seriously think I have answers, right? Just some ideas. By David Enna, Tipswatch.com What the heck was I thinking? A couple weeks ago, I started on a trek to review Federal Reserve actions and bond market reactions for … Continue reading
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2020: Pandemic, then massive stimulus. TIPS funds thrive.
By David Enna, Tipswatch.com This article is the eighth in a series looking at how my three favorite bond funds — Vanguard Short-Term Inflation Protected (VTIP), Schwab U.S. TIPS (SCHP) and Vanguard’s Total Bond (BND) — performed after 2013, when … Continue reading
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U.S. inflation surges 0.9% in June, nearly double expectations
By David Enna, Tipswatch.com U.S. inflation surged 0.9% in June, much higher than expectations. It was the fifth month in a row that actual inflation far exceeded consensus estimates. My conclusion: Economists really have no idea where inflation is heading. … Continue reading
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2019: Federal Reserve reverses course; bond funds take off
By David Enna, Tipswatch.com This article is the seventh in a series looking at how my three favorite bond funds — Vanguard Short-Term Inflation Protected (VTIP), Schwab U.S. TIPS (SCHP) and Vanguard’s Total Bond (BND) — performed after 2013, when … Continue reading
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