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TreasuryDirect provides more guidance on ID.me transition

By David Enna, Tipswatch.com The Treasury sent an updated email over the weekend again alerting investors that TreasuryDirect will soon require using ID.me for login verification. This change has become quite contentious, accelerating since my August 17 post on this … Continue reading

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Schwab analysts weigh in on bond-market disruptions

By David Enna, Tipswatch.com I am posting this Schwab podcast as an add-on to my Friday article, “Secretary Bessent, take note: Treasury yields are not ‘too high’.” Note that the podcast focuses on Bessent’s actions and the bond market’s reaction. It … Continue reading

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30-year TIPS reopening gets real yield of 2.973%, highest in nearly 25 years

By David Enna, Tipswatch.com The Treasury’s auction of $8 billion in a reopened 30-year TIPS, CUSIP 912810US5, generated a real yield to maturity of 2.973%, highest for this term since October 2001. While that’s historic, the real yield fell just … Continue reading

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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

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TIPS vs. I Bonds: Right now, it’s ‘advantage TIPS’

By David Enna, Tipswatch.com While on holiday in France, I got an email from reporter Susan Tompor asking about the current attractiveness of Series I Savings Bonds. Are these investments drawing more attention as inflation rises? My immediate reaction was, … Continue reading

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