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Recent Posts
- 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
- This week’s 10-year TIPS auction is going to get interesting
- Energy shock sends U.S. inflation to a three-year high
- I filled out the top end of my TIPS ladder last week
- Treasury holds I Bond fixed rate at 0.90%; composite rate rises to 4.26%
- TreasuryDirect, ditch the ‘gift box’ and raise the I Bond purchase cap
- 5-year TIPS auction gets a real yield of 1.367%
- Here comes a rather unexciting 5-year TIPS auction
- I Bond dilemma: Buy in April or just keep waiting?
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- Chart: 30-year TIPS real yields
- Chart: 5-year TIPS inflation breakeven rates
- Chart: 5-year TIPS yields
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- WSJ: Current TIPS values
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War in Iran: Sliding toward a financial crisis
U.S. stock and bond markets are ‘resilient,’ but how long can that last? By David Enna, Tipswatch.com Feeling a bit of financial panic? Can’t blame you. But let’s take a closer look. The U.S. stock market had started a slight … Continue reading
Posted in Inflation, Investing in TIPS
Tagged economy, finance, investing, personal-finance, stocks, Treasury investments, U.S. bond market
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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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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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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
Posted in Federal Reserve, Inflation, Investing in TIPS, Tariffs
Tagged economy, finance, inflation, investing, personal-finance, stocks
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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
Posted in Inflation, Investing in TIPS, TreasuryDirect
Tagged economy, finance, inflation, investing, personal-finance, stocks, Treasury investments
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I faced the same situation before my "forced retirement." All my tax-deferred assets were in a 401k with limited options.…