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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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- Chart: 30-year TIPS real yields
- Chart: 5-year TIPS inflation breakeven rates
- Chart: 5-year TIPS yields
- Historical Auction Query
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- WSJ: Current TIPS values
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It seems the gift box is a way to get the current fixed rate and "gift" them in a year…
The gift box is not risky. It’s easy. Here’s the definitive resource on how it works: https://thefinancebuff.com/buy-i-bonds-as-gift.html
As others point out, there are several ways to determine this, including logging in to the Treasury direct web site…
I have a different issue all together. I signed up for TreasuryDirect when I was living in the US and…
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Category Archives: Investing in TIPS
The steepening real yield curve: What does it mean for TIPS investors?
By David Enna, Tipswatch.com If you follow the bond market at all, you know that longer-term nominal yields have been inching higher since the beginning of the year, and longer-term real yields (meaning yields above inflation) have been climbing, too. … Continue reading
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One day after weak auction demand, 30-year TIPS yield climbs above zero
By David Enna, Tipswatch.com The Treasury’s offering of a new 30-year TIPS auctioned Thursday to weak demand, generating an above-current-market real yield of -0.04%, about 6 basis points more than expected. Then, one day later, the Treasury’s estimate of 30-year … Continue reading
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Auction of new 30-year TIPS gets real yield of -0.04%, signaling weak demand
By David Enna, Tipswatch.com The U.S. Treasury’s auction of $9 billion in a new 30-year Treasury Inflation Protected Security, CUSIP 912810SV1, ended with a real yield to maturity of -0.04%, a bit higher than expected and a possible indication of … Continue reading
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Thursday’s 30-year TIPS auction is likely to get lowest coupon rate in history
By David Enna, Tipswatch.com The U.S. Treasury on Thursday (Feb. 18, 2021) will auction $9 billion in a new 30-year TIPS, CUSIP 912810SV1. The coupon rate and real yield to maturity will be set by the auction results, but a … Continue reading
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A 10-year TIPS matured in January. How did it do as an investment?
By David Enna, Tipswatch.com I’ve been a big advocate of purchasing Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities over the last decade, and much of that time … I’ve been wrong. Oops, sorry. TIPS are investments that provide a market-based real return above (or … Continue reading
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In past years, this was the practice. But then the loophole blew wide open when investors realized they could buy…