The Dec 2023 tranche of Singapore Savings Bonds (SSB) has an average yield of 3.4% over 10 years.
The first 6 years yield a flat 3.3% per annum; 7th year yields 3.36% p.a, 8th year yields 3.58% p.a. and 9th, 10th years yield 3.68% p.a.
Even though such yield is lower than other low to risk-free alternatives such as T Bills and money market funds which easily yield more than 3.5% currently, it is higher than many fixed deposit rates on offer by local banks as well as CPF OA rate of 2.5% p.a.
If we also consider the great flexibility, liquidity of SSB for redemption and long-term lock down at above 3% p.a for the next decade, then this tranche of SSB is fairly enticing for us to park our spare cash at zero risk, capital guaranteed for the mid to long-term.
We could redeem SSB anytime, earning interest at 3.3% in the short-term while getting back our capital for deployment to other investments or large item purchases unlike T Bills and bank fixed deposits which would incur losses or forfeit of interest with premature withdrawals. Do note that the redemption process of SSB can be up to 1 month of lead time.
I decided to apply for $10k of this Dec 2023 tranche using my savings and war chest.
There it goes.
S$1b is up for grabs.
The first payment will be on 1 Jun 2024 and this bond will mature on 1 Dec 2033.
If you are interested in this tranche of SSB, do note that the application dateline is on today, 27 Nov 2023, 9pm for online applications.
Both short-term and long-term treasury bond yields have decreased recently and these could signal that the yields of SSB will be lower in next few months. I will still be happy to inject more cash into SSB in the next few months if the yields stay above 3%. My ultimate aim is to max out the personal limit of S$200k soon.
At the same time, I also redeemed an old tranche of SSB (SBMAY18 GX18050E) with an average yield of 2.39% and currently only yielding 2.54% in its 6th year. It is hence a no brainer decision to recycle the funds into next month's SSB.
Thank you for reading.
With love & peace,
Qiongster
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