The infamous 6 "Ps"...Proper Prior Planning Prevents...Poor Performance.
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…
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In a volatile week, auction of new 10-year TIPS gets a real yield of 1.940%, a nice result for investors
By David Enna, Tipswatch.com All week, I have been calling today’s auction of $21 billion in a new 10-year Treasury Inflation-Protected Security — CUSIP 91282CPU9 — the hardest to forecast in a decade. At times, the most recent 10-year TIPS … Continue reading
Posted in Federal Reserve, Inflation, Investing in TIPS, TreasuryDirect
Tagged investing, personal-finance, Treasury investments
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Is this week’s new 10-year TIPS worth targeting?
For me, definitely. But it’s a personal decision. By David Enna, Tipswatch.com Something unique is coming this week: The first-ever Treasury Inflation-Protected Security to mature in the year 2036. For that reason, and the fact that real yields remain attractive, … Continue reading
Posted in Federal Reserve, Inflation, Investing in TIPS, TreasuryDirect
Tagged investing, personal-finance, Treasury investments
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U.S. inflation held steady in December; annual rate closes at 2.7%
Core inflation held at 2.6%, a 5-year low for a completed year. By David Enna, Tipswatch.com FYI, comments have now been closed on this article. Discussion was going strictly political. U.S. inflation rose 0.3% on a seasonally adjusted basis in … Continue reading
Posted in Federal Reserve, I Bond, Inflation, Investing in TIPS
Tagged investing, personal-finance, Treasury investments
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The Savings Bond Calculator has a problem
Here is a guide to a workaround. April 23, 2026 update: From what I can tell, TreasuryDirect has fixed this coding problem generated by the Savings Bond Calculator. It now seems to again be working as expected, with the saved … Continue reading
Posted in Cash alternatives, I Bond, Savings Bond, TreasuryDirect
Tagged investing, personal-finance, Treasury investments
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A 10-year TIPS is maturing Jan. 15. How did it do as an investment?
CUSIP 912828N71 continued the trend of strong performance. By David Enna, Tipswatch.com Back on Jan. 21, 2016, we had a “sort-of” exciting moment in the market for Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities. The Treasury auctioned a new 10-year TIPS — CUSIP 912828N71 … Continue reading
Posted in I Bond, Inflation, Investing in TIPS, Savings Bond, TreasuryDirect
Tagged economy, finance, investing, personal-finance, stocks, Treasury investments
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Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities 
I have been been ridiculously healthy my entire life ... probably missed 30 to 40 days of work in my…