New 6-Month Singapore T-Bill (est. 3.2%) Available on Auction Until 29 September 2022

Here is a short notice: a new six-month Singapore Treasury Bill will be on auction next Thursday, the 29th Sep 2022. If you wish to subscribe to the T-bill, you must enter before 29th Sep, preferably on the 28th Sep.

In the past, I have shared with you the virtues of the Singapore T-bills, their ideal uses, and how to subscribe to them here: How to Buy Singapore 6-Month Treasury Bills (T-Bills) or 1-Year SGS Bonds.

In the last issue announced two weeks ago and recently concluded, the current t-bills were trading at a yield of 2.92%. In the end, the cut-off yield for the t-bill ended at 3.30%, which is vastly higher than expected.

If you placed a non-competitive bid, which most of us do, you would have gotten the 3.30%.

The table above highlights the yield current six-month Singapore T-bills trades at. This is to give you a sense of recent yield trends, but in all honesty, whether the yield is 3% or 3.2% or 2.7%, they are decent yields unless you are a micro-manager trying to win every ounce of things.

Given the trend in rates, most likely, we will see this yield for a while.

Here are your other Higher Return, Safe and Short-Term Savings & Investment Options for Singaporeans in 2023

You may be wondering whether other savings & investment options give you higher returns but are still relatively safe and liquid enough.

Here are different other categories of securities to consider:

This table is updated as of 17th November 2022.

There are other securities or products that may fail to meet the criteria to give back your principal, high liquidity and good returns. Structured deposits contain derivatives that increase the degree of risk. Many cash management portfolios of Robo-advisers and banks contain short-duration bond funds. Their values may fluctuate in the short term and may not be ideal if you require a 100% return of your principal amount.

The returns provided are not cast in stone and will fluctuate based on the current short-term interest rates. You should adopt more goal-based planning and use the most suitable instruments/securities to help you accumulate or spend down your wealth instead of having all your money in short-term savings & investment options.

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