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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10-year TIPS reopening auction gets real yield of 1.734% to weak demand
By David Enna, Tipswatch.com One day after the Federal Reserve acted to lower short-term interest rates, the Treasury’s offering of $19 billion in a reopened 10-year Treasury Inflation-Protected Security — CUSIP 91282CNS6 — drew surprisingly weak demand from investors. The … Continue reading
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30-year TIPS reopening gets real yield of 2.650%, highest in nearly 24 years
By David Enna, Tipswatch.com Investors were ready and willing to jump aboard today’s auction of a reopened 30-year Treasury Inflation-Protected Security, CUSIP 912810UH9. And why not? The resulting real yield to maturity of 2.650% was the highest for this term … Continue reading
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President Trump fires head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics
By David Enna, Tipswatch.com President Trump just posted this on his TruthSocial site: Obviously, the president did not like the July jobs number, which came in at 73,000 added, less than the expected 100,000. But he was more angered by … Continue reading
Inflation jumped higher in June to annual rate of 2.7%
By David Enna, Tipswatch.com As economists expected, U.S. all-items inflation moved higher in June, up 0.3% for the month and 2.7% year over year, well above the annual rate in May of 2.4%, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. Core … Continue reading
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Tagged economics, economy, finance, inflation, interest-rates, investing, personal-finance
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5-year TIPS reopening auction gets real yield of 1.650% to good demand
By David Enna, Tipswatch.com The Treasury’s offering of $23 billion in a reopened 5-year Treasury Inflation-Protected Security – CUSIP 91282CNB3 – generated a real yield to maturity of 1.650%, close to what the market expected. This TIPS was trading on … Continue reading
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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…