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- 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
- Secretary Bessent, take note: Treasury yields are not ‘too high’
- 30-year TIPS reopening gets real yield of 2.973%, highest in nearly 25 years
- TreasuryDirect is launching a controversial login system
- Will this week’s stellar 30-year TIPS auction attract investors?
- ‘No surprises’ July inflation report gives the Fed a break
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- WSJ: Current TIPS values
Archives
We see the TD Staff exudes confidence. Still out and hour after the outage was to be done. They sent…
Right on schedule. Proceed with caution
Looking at this situation, we certainly are a long way from the years when the Fed was manipulating bond market…
The Black Death is here............ just got an email that TD is back up with ID.me login now
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Category Archives: Savings Bond
I Bond dilemma: Buy in April, buy in May, or wait until later?
By David Enna, Tipswatch.com The March inflation report, released April 13, is going to create a lot of interest in U.S. Series I Savings Bonds, because the bond’s inflation-adjusted variable rate – for purchases from May to October — will … Continue reading
Posted in I Bond, Inflation, Savings Bond
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A stunner: I Bond’s inflation-adjusted variable rate will surge to 3.54% in May
By David Enna, Tipswatch.com U.S. inflation surged 0.6% in March, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today, and provided the final piece of data to determine the new variable rate for U.S. Series I Savings Bonds: a whopping 3.54%, annualized, … Continue reading
Posted in I Bond, Inflation, Savings Bond
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February inflation rose 0.4%: What does it mean for TIPS and I Bonds?
By David Enna, Tipswatch.com As expected, U.S. inflation surged 0.4% in February, triggered primarily by rising gasoline prices. But the overall February inflation report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, released this morning, is a bag of mixed messages. One … Continue reading
Posted in I Bond, Inflation, Investing in TIPS, Savings Bond
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Could rising real yields cause the Treasury to raise the I Bond’s fixed rate above 0.0%?
By David Enna, Tipswatch.com There’s been a lively discussion going on over at the Bogleheads forum about the possibility that the recent rise in real yields could prompt the Treasury to raise the fixed rate on the Series I Savings … Continue reading
Posted in I Bond, Inflation, Investing in TIPS, Savings Bond
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An I Bond strategy for 2021: Buy them. Whenever. Just do it.
By David Enna, Tipswatch.com May 3 Update: I Bond’s fixed rate holds at 0.0%; composite rate soars to 3.54% ————————— If you’ve been reading my posts over the last decade, you know I generally don’t advise jumping right into an … Continue reading
Posted in I Bond, Savings Bond
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I assume TD will keep pushing back the timeline for ID.me to start until they get it to work. Missed…