STIP News and Press, iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond From 05/18/22

TBF is an ETF which is short long-dated bonds as reflected in the ICE U.S. Treasury 20+ Year Bond Index. 30-year rates have had a violent reset higher in 2022, closing in on their 2018 highs. We are of the opinion that the bulk of the rates move is behind us and the "easy money" i...

Long-term clinical evidence has shown the most consistent bulwark has been Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities, or TIPS. This year, the iShares TIP fund has suffered a $4.5 billion net outflow while our table of five short-term TIPS ETFs have collectively raked in $5.6 billion in ...

This article updates my July 2021 article, "Time to De-Risk." While the Wilshire 5000 declined 18.2% YTD, S&P 500 Q1 numbers were strong: 79% companies beat expectations, revenue up 9%, earnings up 13%. Trends are favorable for Total Market Cap/GDP, Shiller CAPE, P/E, P/B, P/S...

I-Bonds are currently offering a very attractive yield of nearly 10% beginning in May! The principal remains super safe even with the big increase in yield. What is there not to like? The high yield and super-safe principal combine to provide a very good inflation hedge. For...

The Federal Reserve is maintaining its new policy rate of interest, which is 50 basis points above the previous level: The effective Federal Funds rate is now at 0.83 percent. Since March 16, the date the last rate move took place, "excess reserves" in the banking system have declined...

In this post, I will look at some lessons that the market is urging us to learn from the current investing environment. Over the long term, equities tend to earn you an annualized 8%-10%. Internalize that investing in the stock market requires a sufficiently long time horizon. ...

There was a lot of volatility in stocks last week but in the end, the S&P 500 was down a mere 21 basis points. A rising currency is presumably negative for the export sector and positive for domestic purchasing power. On a sector basis, there were several winners last week wit...

The expected risk premium continued sliding in April for the Global Markets Index (GMI). Tuesday’s revision reflects a drop to a 5.4% annualized increase for the long term – a relatively large cut of 40 basis points from last month’s estimate. The forecast ref...

iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF (STIP) - $0.6869. 30-Day SEC Yield of 10.26% as of Sept. 29. Payable May 06; for shareholders of record May 03; ex-div May 02. For further details see: iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF declares monthly distribution of $0.6869

With U.S. bond market yields rising to levels not seen since 2018–19, market participants appear to be debating whether rates have further room to rise from here or whether the increases now represent a renewed buying opportunity to go long duration. The rise in UST yields thus...