After reading all your comments, another step you can take is to write your senators and representatives demanding that they…
Dave, I ran by the spouse, if we die tomorrow we got enough money, she didnt go for it.
I was a buyer and am happy with the real yield... close enough to my expectations.
I prefer I-Bonds for the opportunity to defer my tax liability like my Traditional IRA. I am converting my IRA…
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New 5-year TIPS gets a real yield of 1.670% to potentially lukewarm demand
By David Enna, Tipswatch.com The Treasury’s offering of $24 billion in a new 5-year TIPS, CUSIP 91282CLV1, auctioned today with a real yield to maturity of 1.670%, the lowest for this term since April 2023. This one is a bit … Continue reading
Posted in Inflation, Investing in TIPS, TreasuryDirect
Tagged bonds, economy, finance, inflation, investing, investment, personal-finance, TIPS, Treasury investments
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September inflation sets I Bond’s new variable rate at 1.90%
Social Security COLA will be 2.5% for payments beginning in January. By David Enna, Tipswatch.com The September inflation report, just released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, gives the final pieces of data to determine 1) the new variable … Continue reading
Posted in Cash alternatives, Federal Reserve, I Bond, Inflation, Investing in TIPS, Savings Bond, Social Security
Tagged Federal Reserve, finance, inflation, interest-rates, investing
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10-year TIPS reopening auction gets a real yield of 1.592%
By David Enna, Tipswatch.com Too often, the bond market tricks you. It happened again Thursday in the wake of Wednesday’s “sort-of surprise” action by the Federal Reserve to cut short-term interest rates by 50 basis points. The initial (and expected) … Continue reading
Posted in Federal Reserve, Inflation, Investing in TIPS, TreasuryDirect
Tagged economy, finance, inflation, investing, stocks
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New 10-year TIPS gets real yield of 1.883%
By David Enna, Tipswatch.com I am writing this after an evening out in Biella, Italy, and while struggling with rather weak Internet. So this is going to be brief. The U.S. Treasury’s auction of $19 billion of a new 10-year … Continue reading
Posted in Inflation, Investing in TIPS
Tagged bonds, economy, finance, inflation, investing, personal-finance
16 Comments
Debate aftermath: Barclays says buy inflation protection
By David Enna, Tipswatch.com Any long-time reader of this site knows I try very hard to avoid political discussions and I discourage political rants in the comments section. This is a site about inflation protection and investing with a focus … Continue reading
Posted in Federal Reserve, Inflation, Investing in TIPS, Retirement, Social Security
Tagged finance, personal-finance, Treasury investments
66 Comments
Changed the beneficiaries to all our Ibonds to the grandsons, one of whom FINALLY opened a TD account and accepted…