This is certainly true for individual TIPS (no TIPS in history has ever matured with an inflation index at less…
I endlessly attempt to understand the risk with TIPS, specifically the BlackRock ETFs like IBIF/G/H and so on. They hold…
Is the 'severance dump' deferred compensation? Are withdrawals taxed as ordinary income? If that is your only taxable income it…
In past years, this was the practice. But then the loophole blew wide open when investors realized they could buy…
Category Archives: Social Security
September inflation sets I Bond variable rate at 4.08%; Social Security COLA will be 3.6%
I Bonds are likely to get another surge in popularity. By David Enna, Tipswatch.com U.S. inflation rose a bit higher than expectations in September, while also setting in stone the variable rate for the Series I Savings Bond and Social … Continue reading
Posted in Federal Reserve, I Bond, Inflation, Investing in TIPS, Retirement, Social Security
Tagged investing, personal-finance, Treasury investments
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Trump just opened the Pandora’s box of inflation
By David Enna, Tipswatch.com In his his interview last week with Time magazine, President Trump mentioned, in an off-hand way, that inflation could be the solution to the nation’s $40 trillion national debt. This is something a president should NEVER … Continue reading
Here’s an illustrated guide to TreasuryDirect’s new login process
By David Enna, Tipswatch.com Based on reader feedback I’ve seen, it looks like most people are having no problems logging into TreasuryDirect‘s new system once they have completed verifying a login account with ID.me. That’s good. The bigger problem, of … Continue reading
Posted in I Bond, Savings Bond, Social Security, TreasuryDirect
Tagged ID.me, IRS, security
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U.S. inflation holds at 3.4% for August. Will that lead to a rate hike?
Plus, what’s ahead for investors in TIPS and I Bonds? By David Enna, Tipswatch.com U.S. all-items inflation rose 0.4% on a seasonally adjusted basis in August, up from 0.1% in July. The annual rate held at 3.4%, matching expectations, the … Continue reading
Posted in Federal Reserve, I Bond, Inflation, Investing in TIPS, Social Security
Tagged investing, personal-finance, Treasury investments
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TreasuryDirect is launching a controversial login system
And it will be mandatory after October 28. By David Enna, Tipswatch.com Over the weekend, TreasuryDirect began sending out emails alerting investors it is changing its login system to ID.me, a government-verified but somewhat controversial identity provider. The new system … Continue reading
The severance dump padded with cashing out all of my banked leave actually hit all last year so I have…