Back in October 2015, I bought into a CD special from Northwest Federal Credit Union. It was a 3-year CD at 3%, which was a very good rate at that time. That CD is maturing next month. Another reader also bought into this CD at the same time. She [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
