SBMAY23 GX23050W

Treasury Bill – BY23101W 1-Year T-bill

If you look at the recent treasury bill, the cut off yield is 3.58% p.a. One of the lowest so far for this year. The first question came to mind is why so low? In fact, this is one of the rare 1-year bill. Will this time be the time where Fed pivot and interest rates starts to go down? The time that everyone is waiting for?

Let’s look at the Singapore Saving bonds – SBMAY23 GX23050W. The rate is 3.03% (year 1) and reaches for the 3.21% (year 10). The average is 3.07%.

Application deadline is 25 Apr 2023, 9pm with $700.0 million. Next payment will be 01 Nov 2023 with subsequent payment on every 6th Month on 01 May and 01 Nov.

Pros and Cons of SSB

Let’s us recap the advantages of SSB too.

Very safe – backed by Singapore Government
Locked down decent rates of around 3% for 10 years.

Easy to redeem and can redeem partial
Liquidity needs maximum of 1 month where you can get your money back. Hence suitable as emergency fund.
Limit of 200k should be good enough for most people.

Can build Bond Ladder to get monthly income (which I already did)

Let’s us recap the disadvantages of SSB:

Short term rates are lower than banks’ fixed deposits, money market funds such as MoneyOwl,etc of around 3.5% and above.

Low returns
1 month liquidity to redeem your funds may be too long for people who need the funds immediately.

Let’s compare to Fixed Deposit Rates

One of the very good rates now is CIMB 6-month fixed deposit. The rate for 6 months for S$10,000 and above is 3.45% for personal banking or 3.50% for preferred banking. If you need your funds for the next 6 months, this is one of the better options, but this mean that you fund will be lock for 6 months unless you break it later.

Other Options

Of course, for those who are slightly more adventurous and want to keep your funds liquid, you can consider cash funds such that Money Owl Wisesaver or Webull Moneybull. Both are very good options.

Yield going up or down?

If we look at FED rate, the longer rates are going down, but the shorter bills are actually above 5%. The yield curve is still highly inverted. Looking at other factors, very likely that the next month Singapore Saving Bonds will likely be lower.

However, for those who want to lock your interest for the next 10 years above 3%, do consider applying some SSB SBMAY23 GX23050W.

Application deadline is 25 Apr 2023, 9pm with $700.0 million.

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