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Category: BondBy Sun on Apr 13, 2008 in Bond, Investing | 2 Comments
Do you invest in Treasury bills, notes, and bonds?
If you do, then there’s a good news. Starting early this week, Treasury Department has lowered the minimum purchase from $1,000 to $100. The change applies to Treasury bills, notes, and bonds with maturity from 4 weeks to 30 years, which means that 4-week T-bill is […]
By Sun on Jan 27, 2008 in Bond, Investing | 1 Comment
By Sun on Jan 14, 2008 in Bond, Investing | 0 Comments
When 2007 began, the rates of the 4-week T-bill were very attractive, with returns as high as 5.4% APY. Before FNBO Direct launched their 6.0% APY promotional rate early last year, 4-week T-bills were my main short-term investment vehicle for the good returns and automatic investments that were very easy to manage.
However, things started […]
By Sun on Sep 18, 2007 in Bond, Investing | 4 Comments
Where should I put my money?
I was hoping that when the FNBO Direct 6.0% APY promotion ends in 10 days, I could go back to 4-week T-bills for short term investment.
Well, it looks like that’s not going to happen any time soon as the investment rate of 4-week T-bill tumbled to 4.079% APR in last […]
By Sun on Aug 10, 2007 in Bond, Investing | 0 Comments
It has been nearly two month since I stopped purchasing 4-week T-bill, once my favorite short-term investment, when its rate dropped below the rates from my online banks in June.
After touching the 2007 low of 4.422% APR on June 21, the T-bill has made a nice comeback in recent weeks. Yesterday’s auction set the […]
By Sun on Jun 18, 2007 in Bond, Investing | 5 Comments
I have been watching the movement of 4-week T-bill rates for a while and considering making adjustment of my investment more than a month ago, but didn’t really do I felt was the right thing to do until last night when I finally canceled all the pending purchases.
The latest auction of T-bill gave investors a […]
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