I repeat - heads will roll if Roku got $500 million guaranteed in excess of the FDIC $250,000 limit, but…
That's only 1.5 months worth of Fed runoff on their balance sheet ($60 billion Treasuries, $35 billion MBS each month)…
The 10 year is dropping fast, now at 1.18.
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Tag Archives: Treasury
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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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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Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities 
Patrick, you wrote: "Brokered CDs do not compound interest, so CDs that pay every six months or annually are not…