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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 rallying (sort of) as stocks wobble

Posted on October 9, 2014 by Tipswatch

A 10-year TIPS is yielding 0.34% (plus inflation) today on the secondary market, a drop of 27 basis points since the last auction Sept. 18, which resulted in a yield of 0.61%. That’s a pretty big turnaround for TIPS. The … Continue reading →

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Chart of the day: Stocks versus TIPS over the last month

Posted on September 26, 2014 by Tipswatch

Back on Sept. 4 I posted ‘Why TIPS aren’t a good buy right now: A story in charts‘, in which tried to explain why the TIPS market looked a little out-of-whack, with TIPS yields dropping too low (and TIPS prices rising … Continue reading →

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10-year TIPS reopening auctions with a yield of 0.610%

Posted on September 18, 2014 by Tipswatch

The Treasury just posted results of today’s reopening of CUSIP 912828WU0, which went off with a yield to maturity of 0.610%, plus inflation. Just before the auction closed, Reuters’ survey of primary dealers predicted a yield of 0.577%. Because this … Continue reading →

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Quick check-in on today’s 10-year TIPS reopening

Posted on September 18, 2014 by Tipswatch

The TIPS market is looking fairly sedate this morning, so we should be able to get a pretty good idea of how today’s reopening of CUSIP 912828WU0 will go. This will be a 9-year, 10-month TIPS with a coupon rate … Continue reading →

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What exactly did the Federal Reserve say Wednesday to spook the bond market?

Posted on September 18, 2014 by Tipswatch

While we’re waiting for more data on today’s 10-year TIPS reopening, I thought I’d take a look at the minutes statement issued Wednesday by the Federal Reserve. It came on the same day as a weak inflation report, causing double … Continue reading →

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