David, what concerns me most is the doubling of the debt from 20t to 40t so quickly. If the endgame…
Does the Social Security Trust Fund increasingly liquidating the nonmarketable Treasurys in the fund have any role in the public…
If there is a recession and the Fed lowers interest rates via the Fed Funds rate and possibly even QE,…
I am convinced that the standard Treasury market and the TIPS market have become independent of each other and have…
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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
Posted in Investing in TIPS
Tagged I BONDS, inflation, safe investments, SAVINGS BONDS, TIPS, Treasury, Treasury investments
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Next up: 5-year TIPS auctions April 17, 2014
What was looking like a fairly attractive auction of a new 5-year Treasury Inflation-Protected Security has lost a little of its luster in the last week, but this one is still worth a look. The Treasury announced Thursday it will … Continue reading
Posted in I Bond, Investing in TIPS, Savings Bond
Tagged coupon rate, The Treasury, Treasury, Treasury Inflation-Protected Security
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It's certainly fair to assess recent (and even not so recent!) fiscal policy as "irresponsible"; But David uses the term…