Consider investing in TIPS for inflation protection after maxing out I Bonds. They have no purchase limit, and you can invest through a mutual fund or ETF.
When To Sell I Bonds
Calculate whether the time has come to sell your I Bond and switch to TIPS.
What To Do With A Maturing CD
You have several good options for your maturing CD. All have their own merits. You can’t go too wrong.
Long-Term Bonds Do Wonders When Times Are Right
Reader Ron reminded me of this blunder I wrote back in May: TIPS Price Up: Buy, Hold, Or Sell? Back then I wrote about a 30-year TIPS bond maturing in Feb. 2041 having gained 13% in short three months between February and May 2011. I suggested investors might consider selling the 30-year TIPS, and buying […]
CPI Seasonal Adjustments
Every month, around the 15th, a government agency Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) announces the Consumer Price Index for the previous month. The inflation numbers for May was announced last week. A typical news report went like this: Consumer prices rose 0.2% in May, the lowest in six months. Excluding the volatile food and energy, […]
TIPS Price Up: Buy, Hold, Or Sell?
US Treasury sold 30-year TIPS at 2.19% real yield in February 2011. I didn’t buy it because the maturity is too long for me. Now, not mere three months later, the value of this bond has gone up substantially. Had I known it would do this well, I should’ve put a lot of money in […]
Explore TIPS: A Practical Guide to Investing in Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities
Long time readers know I have a special interest in TIPS, the inflation indexed bonds. At one of my annual reader surveys, a reader asked why I wrote about TIPS all the time. I like TIPS because they are truly unique – the only investment with a guaranteed return above inflation. I wrote everything I […]
Vanguard TIPS Fund Portfolio Changes
I return to one of my favorite topics: TIPS. For new readers, TIPS are Treasury Inflation Protected Securities. They are a type of bond which pays interest indexed to inflation. In a previous post, Individual TIPS Or TIPS Mutual Fund, I said it’s a good idea to buy TIPS in a mutual fund and that […]
TIPS During Deflation
[Updated on Oct. 28, 2008. All yields are real yields, after inflation/deflation adjustments.] While the stock market was in turmoil, the real yields on Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS) rose to an attractive level. The real yield on 10-year TIPS broke the magic 3% number, a level that hasn’t been reached for many years. Many […]
TIPS Auction Step By Step: Read the Results
[An updated version of this article appears in my new web site Explore Bonds, together with many other articles on investing in bonds.] This is the fourth installment in my TIPS auction series. The previous posts in this series were: TIPS Auction Step By Step: Know the Schedule TIPS Auction Step By Step: Read the […]
TIPS Auction Step By Step: Place Order
This is part three of the TIPS auctions series. Other posts in this series are: TIPS Auction Step By Step: Know the Schedule TIPS Auction Step By Step: Read the Announcement TIPS Auction Step By Step: Read the Results If you are interested in TIPS but you don’t want to be bothered with auctions, you […]
TIPS Auction Step By Step: Read the Announcement
This is part two of the TIPS auctions series. The other posts in the series are: TIPS Auction Step By Step: Know the Schedule TIPS Auction Step By Step: Place Order TIPS Auction Step By Step: Read the Results If you are interested in TIPS but you don’t want to be bothered with auctions, you […]