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Recent Posts
- 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
- 10-year TIPS reopening gets real yield of 2.653%, highest in nearly 18 years
- Here’s an illustrated guide to TreasuryDirect’s new login process
- This week’s 10-year TIPS auction has strong appeal
- U.S. inflation holds at 3.4% for August. Will that lead to a rate hike?
- TreasuryDirect provides more guidance on ID.me transition
- Wise advice: ‘Don’t die with I Bonds’
- Schwab analysts weigh in on bond-market disruptions
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No need to talk down. Just shared an experience that hopefully can help others that don’t have a camera on…
My wife, groggy from a trip to Africa, completed the process today. No major glitches. Now we both have ID.me…
In the spirit of Fred not wanting to allow deliberately deceptive statements to go unchallenged, I post to clarify some…
I just completed the process, which was stressful. I’m old school not using my iPad for my larger accounts, just…
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Category Archives: Investing in TIPS
10-year TIPS will reopen at auction Thursday: Is it worth a look?
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
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A 5-year TIPS matured in April; how did it do as an investment?
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
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Inflation stunner: U.S. prices rose 0.8% in April, much higher than expected
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
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Ready to open a TreasuryDirect account? Here are some tips.
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
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I Bond’s fixed rate holds at 0.0%; composite rate soars to 3.54%
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
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My wife and I tried to establish ID.me accounts. In both cases we got "can't verify telephone number" - the…