TIPS are designed to be a hedge against rising interest rates by taking into account the current rate of inflation. Over the long term, stocks have earned investors an average annual return of 7% ...

As the Fed increased its benchmark interest rate between 2015 and 2018, CD rates inched up. By late 2019, the average five-year CD yield had increased to 1.37%. CD rates since 2020 ...

Remember, the break-even rate measures expectations. It should not be seen as a 'predictor' of actual inflation. Ten-year TIPS have been auctioned since 1997, so we have good data on how 10-year ...

Interest rates are no longer 2%, 3% or even 4%. Those days, I believe, are gone — we just need to accept that our current rate of around 7% is excellent. Let’s take a look at some history. I ...

CD rates are a product of their economic times, and we're currently in a rosy period. At other times in history, CD rates have ranged from near 0% to the upper teens.

Savings account interest rates have fluctuated over the years due to many different economic changes, such as during recessions, inflation, depressions and other economic conditions.

To illustrate, if the rate rises by 1 percentage point, this fund would lose approximately 2.8% of its value, while the average TIPS fund would decline by 7.5%.