Buying Treasury Notes via IBKR

PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity Active ETF (MINT)

This ETF is an actively managed ETF from PIMCO. PIMCO is a fixed-income powerhouse. They simply "seek maximum current income, consistent with preservation of capital and daily liquidity."

  • Inception in 2009
  • Expense ratio 0.37%
  • Yield 2.30%
  • Dividend frequency: monthly
  • AUM $11.25 billion
  • Duration: 0.44 Years
 
Definitely NOT recommended for short term yield enhancement in a declining economy. Almost half their holdings are corporate securities. This alone probably contributes the majority of losses, ytd, 1yr,5yr and 10r
Yr, which are all negative.

You want to enhance yield via tbills or constant maturity tbill funds. Unfortunately there are hardly any in non usd denominated currencies.

PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity Active ETF (MINT)

This ETF is an actively managed ETF from PIMCO. PIMCO is a fixed-income powerhouse. They simply "seek maximum current income, consistent with preservation of capital and daily liquidity."

  • Inception in 2009
  • Expense ratio 0.37%
  • Yield 2.30%
  • Dividend frequency: monthly
  • AUM $11.25 billion
  • Duration: 0.44 Years
 
On a side note I bonds....a us savings bond type of tips bond is yielding north of 9%. Longer maturity and max investment 10,000 bummer.

I bonds are max 10k investment PER YEAR. (And there is a way to get that to 15k) You can withdraw after 1 year with the loss of the most recent quarter's interest.

I can't see buying regular treasuries unless you have a seriously big lump of cash coming all at once.
 
I want to hold the treasuries in my IBKR account and not in a separate account. If I pull the money out of the account, I lose the benefit of being able to use the treasuries as collateral for other activity. Basically, buying holding treasures in my IB account instead of cash only reduces my buying power by 1%. They treat it almost like cash.

I have heard of TIPs, but not iBonds. What maturity is paying 9%? Can you buy through IBKR?

You must buy I bonds direct. Not through ibkr. I believe it stops paying after 30 years.

Looks unsuitable for parking 100k in to use on ibkr for margin loans.
 
I can't see buying regular treasuries unless you have a seriously big lump of cash coming all at once.

If you live in a high income tax state, there's a financial advantage to buying short term treasury bills even on margin as long as your margin rate is less than, equal, or even slightly higher than the treasury rate of return. The interest paid for the margin loan will go against your short term realized capital gains state + fed, but the income earned on the treasuries will only be subject to federal income taxes. The problem is your return on the treasury bills will be fixed if held until maturity while the margin loan rate can change.
 
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