US Treasury – 30 Year TIPS Auction
On Thursday February 2024, the 30 year TIPS treasury auction will take place and we are picking up some of these bonds for the long haul. We think this investment…
More Rate Hikes, More T-Bills
CNBC is reporting that the Fed is concerned about inflation be rekindled and based on most of the economic data coming out lately, it sure seems like people are continuing…
Portfolio Update
It’s time to do a portfolio review of where we stand so let’s take a look at some key equity positions. While we are mostly sitting in T-Bills earning 5…
17-Week T-Bill 4.57 Percent
For 2023, our investment strategy has changed slightly. Given the Fed’s December meeting minutes indicated the Fed has no intention of lowering interest rates in 2023, we feel it prudent…
Update On Laddering T-Bills
Back in Mid-September we told you that we had been laddering US Treasury T-Bills given that the rates had finally become attractive so we have been buying T-bills almost every…
$9 Trillion Wiped From US Stock Market
CNBC had an eye catching headline, “Stock market losses wipe out $9 trillion from Americans’ wealth” and we encourage you to read the article. Essentially since the market’s highs, many…
Laddering U.S. T-Bills
The stock market has been suffering brutal carnage these past few months so what’s an investor to do? Well, with inflation at a scorching 8% and key indexes down 20%…
Fed Raises Rates – Markets Tank
The Fed raised rates for the fifth time this year and today was a 75 basis point hike bringing the rate up to 3 to 3.25 range. The Fed plans…
VTI – The Best Harbinger of Stock Market?
We have started to see tremors in the U.S. stock market since post Thanksgiving. As of the writing of this post, bitcoin has lost 20% of its value. Is this…
Safe Harbor Ahead – US Treasury I-Bonds at 7.1%
In our journey to find better fortunes and grow our investment portfolio, we have found a small treasure chest ahead in the form of I series bonds. El Captitan logged…