Comments on: Series I Savings Bond fixed base-rates http://www.savings-bond-advisor.com/series-i-savings-bond-fixed-base-rates/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:19:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Tom Adams http://www.savings-bond-advisor.com/series-i-savings-bond-fixed-base-rates/#comment-70006 Fri, 07 May 2010 14:29:00 +0000 http://www.savings-bond-advisor.com/series-i-savings-bond-fixed-base-rates/#comment-70006 Kevin - Yes, I think a TIPS fund is an appropriate place for a portion of your contributions. TIPS funds have done quite well in the past, although that in itself doesn't mean they will do so in the future. There's some risk that the government might partially default on these someday, but if that happens I have no idea what you should have invested your 401K funds in instead, as everything else will perform as badly or worse. Tom Adams Kevin - Yes, I think a TIPS fund is an appropriate place for a portion of your contributions. TIPS funds have done quite well in the past, although that in itself doesn't mean they will do so in the future.

There's some risk that the government might partially default on these someday, but if that happens I have no idea what you should have invested your 401K funds in instead, as everything else will perform as badly or worse.

Tom Adams

]]> by: kevin http://www.savings-bond-advisor.com/series-i-savings-bond-fixed-base-rates/#comment-69997 Fri, 07 May 2010 13:32:46 +0000 http://www.savings-bond-advisor.com/series-i-savings-bond-fixed-base-rates/#comment-69997 Tom, my 401k just started offering a tips fund, do you think this is a good place to start investing some of my contibutions? Tom, my 401k just started offering a tips fund, do you think this is a good place to start investing some of my contibutions?

]]> by: Lisa http://www.savings-bond-advisor.com/series-i-savings-bond-fixed-base-rates/#comment-64949 Thu, 01 Apr 2010 21:28:29 +0000 http://www.savings-bond-advisor.com/series-i-savings-bond-fixed-base-rates/#comment-64949 Thanks Tom. This is a great website. Thanks Tom. This is a great website.

]]> by: Tom Adams http://www.savings-bond-advisor.com/series-i-savings-bond-fixed-base-rates/#comment-64941 Thu, 01 Apr 2010 15:05:43 +0000 http://www.savings-bond-advisor.com/series-i-savings-bond-fixed-base-rates/#comment-64941 Lisa - The page you're looking for is <a href="http://www.federalreserve.gov/Releases/H15/data.htm" rel="nofollow">here</a>, but it's much harder to fish the daily TIPS data from that page than from the new link. The new link also goes back to 2003, just click where it says <a href="http://www.treas.gov/offices/domestic-finance/debt-management/interest-rate/real_yield_historical.shtml" rel="nofollow">Historical Data</a> at the upper-right. Tom Adams Lisa - The page you're looking for is here, but it's much harder to fish the daily TIPS data from that page than from the new link. The new link also goes back to 2003, just click where it says Historical Data at the upper-right.

Tom Adams

]]> by: Lisa http://www.savings-bond-advisor.com/series-i-savings-bond-fixed-base-rates/#comment-64930 Thu, 01 Apr 2010 13:41:27 +0000 http://www.savings-bond-advisor.com/series-i-savings-bond-fixed-base-rates/#comment-64930 Hi Tom - In the fixed rate section there was a link to the Treasury daily TIPS interest rates back to 2003. This was helpful for looking at the fixed rate trends. The link is now referencing different rate data. Can you restore the original link? Hi Tom - In the fixed rate section there was a link to the Treasury daily TIPS interest rates back to 2003. This was helpful for looking at the fixed rate trends. The link is now referencing different rate data. Can you restore the original link?

]]> by: Paul http://www.savings-bond-advisor.com/series-i-savings-bond-fixed-base-rates/#comment-64869 Thu, 01 Apr 2010 01:59:51 +0000 http://www.savings-bond-advisor.com/series-i-savings-bond-fixed-base-rates/#comment-64869 Thanks, those instructions were exactly what I needed. Thanks, those instructions were exactly what I needed.

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