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Recent Posts
- A 10-year TIPS is maturing July 15. How did it do as an investment?
- TIPS vs. I Bonds: Right now, it’s ‘advantage TIPS’
- 5-year TIPS auction gets a real yield of 1.955%, a good result for investors
- My schedule … and what’s coming next
- 5-year TIPS reopening auction arrives in a volatile week
- U.S. inflation rose 0.5% in May; annual rate hits 4.2%, highest in three years
- Academic study: I Bonds out-perform high-yield savings accounts
- TIPS values exist in a multiverse: What’s the correct reality?
- iShares target-date TIPS ETFs are growing in appeal … and deserve a look
- 10-year TIPS auction gets real yield of 2.169% to soft demand
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- Bloomberg: Current yields
- Chart: 10-year inflation breakeven rate
- Chart: 10-year TIPS yields
- Chart: 30-year TIPS inflation breakeven rates
- Chart: 30-year TIPS real yields
- Chart: 5-year TIPS inflation breakeven rates
- Chart: 5-year TIPS yields
- Historical Auction Query
- Historical I Bonds data
- Historical inflation data
- Historical TIPS data
- Tentative auction schedule
- TIPS/CPI Data
- Treasury Direct
- U.S. Inflation Calculator
- U.S. Treasury Yield Curve Estimates
- WSJ: Current TIPS values
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Looks great, but seems to only work if you bought at auction. Could you include an "add bond by Cusip"?
ICPI has existed only since November 2025 and so it doesn't have much of a track record. The fact that…
It's true that the I Bond under-performed, slightly, in the 10-year period the TIPS existed. And if an I Bond…
Question for Mr. Enna – If the I Bond will outperform the 10 year TIPS in the end, when is…
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TreasuryDirect is sending out a survey on the savings bond gift-box. Here are the details.
By David Enna, Tipswatch.com As I have noted many times in recent months, I believe there are changes coming in TreasuryDirect’s “gift box” program, which creates a loophole for buying I Bonds beyond the $10,000 per person annual limit for … Continue reading
Posted in Cash alternatives, EE Bonds, I Bond, TreasuryDirect
Tagged bonds, economy, finance, gifts, investing, personal-finance, Treasury investments
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This discussion raises in my mind what is the optimal amount of inflation bonds to hold in a diversified bond…