David, can you comment on this, or perhaps it’s worthy of an entire article: https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2026/04/22/kevin-warsh-inflation-trend-pce-trump.html The Fed has long favored…
Not to worry - as testified under oath before Congress, if confirmed as Fed Chair, Warsh is going to change…
Unless we see an extended period of deflation (unlikely) your investment should perform about the same as today's auction.
Back in 2021, 10-year real yields were definitely negative. Those two TIPS got real yields of -0.987% in January and…
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I don’t like this new I Bond interest rate, should I sell and invest elsewhere?
May 1, 2015, update: Series I Savings Bonds to pay 0.0% interest; EE Bonds bump up to 0.3% The Treasury announced this week that it is dropping the fixed rate on Series I Savings Bonds to 0.0% for new bonds sold … Continue reading
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Why Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities?
A little story. Back in 1999 I was at a cocktail party, and of course, the conversation drifted toward the red-hot stock market, as it always did in 1999. What were you buying? Cisco? AOL? Something-or-other.com? I said, “I’ve been … Continue reading
Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities 
Core CPI inflation already gets rid of most of the volatile swings and it's currently 2.6% versus 3.3% for all…