I Bonds 2022 rates just changed to 9.62% in May. I Bonds have been all the rage lately with inflation at 40-year highs. I Bonds, also known as Series I Savings Bonds, can only be purchased at TreasuryDirect.gov. This is the official site run by the U.S. government.
One popular I Bond strategy is to only buy I Bonds in April and October after the CPI-U for March and September have been released at BLS.gov. That’s because the I Bond inflation rate changes on May 1st and November 1st and is based on the inflation rates between March and September.
This gives the I Bond investor certainty of what the return will be over the next 12 to 15 months. Beyond 15 months, it’s nearly impossible to guess what the future returns will be because of the unpredictability of inflation that far out.
In this video, I go over why we might want to wait until October (and April) to buy IBonds. I also go over a few reasons why we might want to buy I Bonds now instead of waiting.
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At the time of publishing this video, I have net long positions I Bonds and Bitcoin.
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