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I was updating my TIPS Q&A page today and I realized that I never really answered this question: Who should buy TIPS? So here we go … First off, I want to state loudly that TIPS are for preserving wealth, … Continue reading →

The U.S. Treasury just announced that its auction of a new 10-year Treasury Inflation-Protected Security resulted in a yield to maturity of 0.384%, the highest in two years for any 9- to 10-year TIPS. This is CUSIP 912828VM9 and it … Continue reading →

I have pretty much lost my appetite for Thursday’s auction of a new issue 10-year Treasury Inflation-Protected Security. Why? It’s hard to swallow a jawbone. The jawboning has been coming from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, who last Wednesday afternoon … Continue reading →

U.S. inflation took a sharp tick upward in June, rising 0.5% on a seasonally adjusted basis, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Analysts were expecting an increase of 0.3%. This is ‘headline’ inflation, technically called the Consumer Price … Continue reading →

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke might have been feeling a little guilty about being so honest about the Fed’s  future ‘tapering’ of purchases of Treasury bonds. Bernanke’s heads-up (once in May and again in June) resulted in a dramatic increase … Continue reading →