I am a dedicated I-bonder and to a lesser extent EE-bonder. TIPS are interesting and confusing. I have avoided them…
Recall quite well those early 70/80s Bonds…low dollar amount and, vaguely, recall an age cap of some form but was…
No, you are correct. Understanding and then buying TIPS can be confusing. But once you get the ladder built, TIPS…
I invest in both, and I think of I Bonds as a super-safe, inflation-protected cash alternative with a flexible maturity…
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10-year TIPS reopening gets real yield of 1.896%
Investor demand might have been a bit weak. By David Enna, Tipswatch.com The Treasury’s offering of $19 billion in a reopened 10-year TIPS – CUSIP 91282CPU9 – generated a real yield to maturity of 1.896%, a bit higher than the … Continue reading
Posted in Federal Reserve, Inflation, Investing in TIPS, TreasuryDirect
Tagged economy, finance, inflation, investing, personal-finance, stocks, Treasury investments
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Chaos of war bolsters 10-year real yield heading into this week’s auction
After-auction update: 10-year TIPS reopening gets real yield of 1.896% By David Enna, Tipswatch.com The U.S. financial markets have had an interesting two weeks, to say the least. An active war in the Mideast has sent oil prices soaring, the stock … Continue reading
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Tagged investing, personal-finance, Treasury investments
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February inflation rose 0.3%, as expected. Is this our last ‘tame’ reading for awhile?
By David Enna, Tipswatch.com The February inflation report, just released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, already feels like ancient news. The U.S. inflation picture has changed dramatically 11 days into March, with gas prices and other energy costs soaring … Continue reading
Posted in Cash alternatives, Federal Reserve, I Bond, Inflation, Investing in TIPS
Tagged economics, economy, finance, inflation, investing, personal-finance, Treasury investments
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Could Tipswatch.com be staffed by AI agents?
By David Enna, Tipswatch.com Before a shooting war broke out in the Mideast, the big topic of discussion in finance was an artificial intelligence doomsday scenario published Feb. 22 by Citrini Research with the title “The 2028 Global Intelligence Crisis.” … Continue reading
Economist Claudia Sahm: U.S. economic statistics are not being manipulated
By David Enna, Tipswatch.com One of the most frequent questions I’ve heard from readers over the last year goes something like this: “Can we trust the government inflation numbers?” Or more bluntly: “Is the U.S. government lying to us?” My … Continue reading
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Tagged economy, finance, inflation, investing, personal-finance, Treasury investments
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Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities 
The infamous 6 "Ps"...Proper Prior Planning Prevents...Poor Performance.