Great article. It's weird, but my family is from Sambuca di Sicilia, not Enna. I have visited Enna, though, a…
Jay Nordlinger is currently visiting Sicily and wrote about the town of Enna. https://www.jaynordlinger.com/p/italian-days-part-xvii
To simplify first there was ordinary income tax rates, then capital gains, and then inflation. Mr T and others LIKE…
Mamma mia! the extra meatball for only $5 looks like such a good deal. Almost as good when the annual…
Category Archives: Retirement
A restaurant menu demonstrates the frightening power of inflation
By David Enna, Tipswatch.com Ever since COVID isolation changed our lives, my wife and I rarely eat out anymore. That leaves a six-year gap in our “restaurant awareness” and now every time we go out for breakfast, lunch, or dinner, … Continue reading
My schedule … and what’s coming next
By David Enna, Tipswatch.com By the time you are reading this, I will probably be sipping a dry rosé wine somewhere in southern France, where I will be traveling for two weeks. We will be starting in Marseille and eventually … Continue reading
Posted in Federal Reserve, Inflation, Retirement, Travel
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Academic study: I Bonds out-perform high-yield savings accounts
By David Enna, Tipswatch.com A new research paper by a Marquette University professor found that Series I Savings Bonds created annual returns substantially higher than high-yield savings accounts (HYSAs) between 1999 and April 2026. The emeritus professor, Dr. David Krause, … Continue reading
Posted in Cash alternatives, Federal Reserve, I Bond, Inflation, Retirement, Savings Bond, Treasury Bills
Tagged investing, personal-finance, Treasury investments
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TIPS values exist in a multiverse: What’s the correct reality?
By David Enna, Tipswatch.com Many of us here are strongly committed to holding investments in Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities to maturity. That means trading is not an issue, despite the temptations. It also means the “current market value” of a TIPS … Continue reading
Posted in Investing in TIPS, Retirement, TreasuryDirect
Tagged investing, personal-finance, Treasury investments
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iShares target-date TIPS ETFs are growing in appeal … and deserve a look
The newest fund, IBIM, holds just one TIPS, but will expand. I have cautions. By David Enna, Tipswatch.com Blackrock’s iShares division in March launched a unique ETF holding just one bond: CUSIP 91282CPU9, a 10-year TIPS that matures in January … Continue reading
Posted in ETFs, Investing in TIPS, Retirement
Tagged inflation, investing, personal-finance, TIPS, Treasury investments
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Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities 
My wife insisted on making our 2001 purchase of I Bonds with credit cards because ... airline miles! We still…