Author Archives: Tipswatch

Here’s the announcement from the US Treasury. This was the reopening of CUSIP 912828XL9, creating a 9-year, 8-month TIPS with a coupon rate of 0.375%. The resulting real yield to maturity was 0.664%, just barely beating a couple of 2014 … Continue reading →

I’ll be working Thursday (starting at 6 a.m.!) and I won’t be able to post before the auction and I’ll only be able to post the result – minus analysis – after it closes at 1 p.m. Sorry! But here’s … Continue reading →

I am at work today so I can only post the facts: The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.2% in October on a seasonally adjusted basis, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over the … Continue reading →

The US Treasury just announced that it will reopen CUSIP 912828XL9 at auction on Nov. 19, creating a 9-year, 8-month Treasury Inflation-Protected Security. This TIPS, which first auctioned on July 23, carries a coupon rate of 0.375%. It will be … Continue reading →

I am not invested in TIPS mutual funds; my preferred strategy is to buy TIPS at auction and hold them to maturity. But I do follow the TIP ETF to check on the overall trend in TIPS, and I have … Continue reading →