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Recent Posts
- TIPS values exist in a multiverse: What’s the correct reality?
- 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
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- Chart: 5-year TIPS inflation breakeven rates
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- WSJ: Current TIPS values
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Tag Archives: Treasury investments
5-year TIPS reopening auction gets a real yield of 2.050%
By David Enna, Tipswatch.com The Treasury’s offering of $21 billion in a reopened 5-year Treasury Inflation-Protected Security — CUSIP 91282CKL4 — generated a real yield to maturity of 2.050%, slightly lower than expected. The auction appears to have been met … Continue reading
Posted in Inflation, Investing in TIPS
Tagged bonds, economy, finance, inflation, investing, personal-finance, TIPS, Treasury investments
9 Comments
Inflation breakeven rate makes 5-year TIPS auction look attractive
Do you believe inflation will average more than 2.12% over the next 5 years? By David Enna, Tipswatch.com The U.S. Treasury on Thursday will offer $21 billion in a reopened 5-year Treasury Inflation-Protected Security, CUSIP 91282CKL4. The result will be … Continue reading
Posted in Bank CDs, Federal Reserve, Inflation, Investing in TIPS, TreasuryDirect
Tagged bonds, economy, inflation, investing, personal-finance, TIPS, Treasury investments
31 Comments
May’s inflation report gives the Fed breathing room
Both all-items and core inflation came in below expectations. By David Enna, Tipswatch.com The Federal Reserve, which is set to provide future rate predictions this afternoon, got a bit of good news this morning from the May inflation report. Inflation … Continue reading
Posted in Federal Reserve, Inflation, Investing in TIPS, Savings Bond
Tagged bonds, economy, inflation, interest-rates, investing, TIPS, Treasury investments
13 Comments
Real yields continue their wild ride
By David Enna, Tipswatch.com If you follow me on Twitter (yes, I still call it Twitter), you might have seen a very recent (June 5) post observing that real yields appeared to be heading back below 2.0%, breaking a two-month … Continue reading
Posted in Federal Reserve, Inflation, Investing in TIPS
Tagged bonds, economy, inflation, investing, personal-finance, Treasury investments
23 Comments
AllianceBernstein suggests a 60/30/10 portfolio to protect against inflation
Investment firm sees ‘higher and spikier’ inflation looming. By David Enna, Tipswatch.com AllianceBernstein, a global investment firm with about $725 billion in assets under management, is now advising its clients to replace the traditional 60% stocks / 40% bonds portfolio … Continue reading
Posted in Cash alternatives, Investing in TIPS, Retirement
Tagged bonds, economy, interest-rates, investing, personal-finance, Treasury investments
42 Comments
The Savings Bond Calculator will calculate the value (principal plus accrued interest) for each month for all of your I-bonds…