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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.

TIPS are taking a hit – and yields are rising – as interest-rate hike looms

Posted on December 14, 2015 by Tipswatch

I noticed the TIP ETF – which holds a broad range of Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities – dropped to $109.52 today, down 0.73% for for the day. Here are the Treasury’s estimates of today’s real yields (after inflation) for full-term TIPS … Continue reading →

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Up next: Treasury will reopen 5-year TIPS at auction Dec. 17, 2015

Posted on December 10, 2015 by Tipswatch

This is CUSIP 912828K33, a 4-year, 4-month TIPS, the shortest term you can buy at an auction. This TIPS was originally created April 23, 2015, with a coupon rate of 0.125% and a real yield to maturity of -0.335%. In … Continue reading →

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10-year TIPS reopening auctions with a real yield of 0.664%

Posted on November 19, 2015 by 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 →

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Checking in on Thursday’s 10-year TIPS reopening

Posted on November 18, 2015 by Tipswatch

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 →

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US inflation rises 0.2% in October

Posted on November 17, 2015 by Tipswatch

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 →

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