As a hedge, and as other TIPS experts have suggested, do you think it might be prudent do a 50/50…
David, thanks so much for the preview. I've been looking at the inflation breakeven rate all week and have been…
My omission--Thank you!
Here is that article: https://tipswatch.com/2026/04/05/a-5-year-tips-is-maturing-april-15-how-did-it-do-as-an-investment-2/
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30-year TIPS auction gets real yield of 2.403%, highest in 23 years
By David Enna, Tipswatch.com The market for Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities made a bit of history today, with the auction of $9 billion in a new 30-year TIPS getting a real yield of 2.403%, the highest for this term since October … Continue reading
Posted in Federal Reserve, Inflation, Investing in TIPS, TreasuryDirect
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For the right investor, this week’s 30-year TIPS auction could have appeal
By David Enna, Tipswatch.com I am writing this on a gorgeous Friday night in Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island. I am sitting in the open-air lobby of a nice hotel, because everywhere else the Internet is non-existent. So … Continue reading
Posted in Inflation, Investing in TIPS, TreasuryDirect
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The unique serenity of holding TIPS at TreasuryDirect
By David Enna, Tipswatch.com Want to find your happy place? Sometimes you have to go your own way. The consensus advice is to buy individual Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities in a tax-deferred account, most likely a traditional IRA. These bonds pay … Continue reading
Posted in Cash alternatives, Inflation, Investing in TIPS, Retirement, Taxes, TreasuryDirect
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TreasuryDirect tax forms: How to find the 1099s, decipher them
By David Enna, Tipswatch.com If you are an account holder at TreasuryDirect, one of your “duties” each January is to go on a hunt for your 1099s, the extremely important (and ruthlessly obtuse) tax forms the Treasury hides away deep … Continue reading
Posted in EE Bonds, I Bond, Investing in TIPS, Savings Bond, Taxes, Treasury Bills, TreasuryDirect
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For me, this week’s 10-year TIPS auction is a ‘must buy’
Others may want to wait and watch for higher real yields. Jan. 23 update: New 10-year TIPS gets real yield of 2.243%, highest for this term in 16 years By David Enna, Tipswatch.com I picked up the December issue of Kiplinger … Continue reading
Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities 
That's a sensible idea, especially if you fear the chance of prolonged deflation. I tend to use nominals for investments…