On sale this week: Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities. It wasn’t so long ago that the real rate on these bonds was negative. People lent money to the federal government and were assured of ...

Not long ago, investors had to pay the U.S. government for the privilege of owning Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities. The real yields, that is the yields after factoring in inflation, were ...

Investors can still get solid yields with Treasury inflation-protected securities, but they should be careful if they want to use it as a short-term hedge against inflation. The government bonds, ...

Last Friday’s column covered the calamity known as “the 2022 market in Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities.” When facing the first serious bout of inflation in its 25-year history, the investment ...

The Senate on Tuesday passed a bill that would eliminate federal taxes on tips, advancing a key campaign promise of President Trump’s, with the help of Senate Democrats. Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) ...

Roughly 6 million people reported income from tips on federal income tax returns in the past — and you can bet they'll jump at the chance to see a bigger refund by claiming a new deduction on tip ...

Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities were introduced in 1997 to provide inflation-protected interest and principal payments. Unlike other bonds, which generate returns in nominal terms, TIPS act as ...

Americans’ attitudes about tipping – as well as their tipping habits – vary by age, income and other factors, according to a new Pew Research Center survey. But their approach to tipping also varies ...