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About Tipswatch

Author of Tipswatch.com blog, David Enna is a long-time journalist based in Charlotte, N.C. A past winner of two Society of American Business Editors and Writers awards, he has written on real estate and home finance, and was a founding editor of The Charlotte Observer's website.

Catching up on today’s 30-year TIPS auction

Posted on February 18, 2016 by Tipswatch

CUSIP 912810RR1 is a new 30-year TIPS and today’s auction closes at noon for non-competitive bids and 1 p.m. for competitive bids. The coupon rate and real yield to maturity (after inflation) will be determined by the auction. Here is how … Continue reading →

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Up next: New 30-year TIPS will auction Thursday, Feb. 18

Posted on February 11, 2016 by Tipswatch

The Treasury will auction a new 30-year Treasury Inflation-Protected Security – CUSIP 912810RR1 – next Thursday. The coupon rate and real yield to maturity (after inflation) will be determined at the auction. Here’s what we can say today, a week away … Continue reading →

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New 10-year TIPS auctions with a real yield of 0.725%, highest in nearly 5 years

Posted on January 21, 2016 by Tipswatch

The Treasury’s reporting tools were down at 1 p.m., but reader Ron came through with a link to the auction report. And now the tools are back up! Anyway … A new 10-year Treasury Inflation-Protected Security – CUSIP 912828N71 – … Continue reading →

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A TIPS auction closes and the Treasury’s reporting system goes BOOM!

Posted on January 21, 2016 by Tipswatch

The Treasury closed its auction of a new 10-year Treasury Inflation-Protected Security at 1 p.m. today, but the reporting tools on the TreasuryDirect.gov site are completely down. There is no way to locate any auction announcements, past or present. So … Continue reading →

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Checking in on today’s 10-year TIPS auction

Posted on January 21, 2016 by Tipswatch

The Treasury will be creating CUSIP 912828N71 – a new 10-year Treasury Inflation-Protected Security – at an auction that closes at noon for non-competitive bids and 1 p.m. for competitive bids. Here’s where we stand at 9:45 a.m. Thursday: I … Continue reading →

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