Author Archives: Tipswatch

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 →

The U.S. Treasury will announce tomorrow that it will be auctioning a new-issue 10-year Treasury Inflation-Protected Security on July 18. This will be CUSIP 912828VM9. The coupon rate and yield to maturity will be set at auction. Update: Here is … Continue reading →

Soon after I woke up Friday morning, I heard on the radio that the U.S. economy had created 195,000 jobs in June and many more in April and May than was previously thought. My immediate thought was: “Ooops, that won’t … Continue reading →

The market for Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities rebounded nicely last week after several days of panic selling in the wake of Federal Reserve Chairman’s Ben Bernanke’s comments on ‘tapering’ of the Fed’s bond-buying stimulus program. The TIP ETF rose 2.8% on … Continue reading →

After about six weeks of turmoil in the markets for Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities, we have seen yields on TIPS rise dramatically and a resulting free-fall in market prices on TIPS and and TIPS mutual funds. A recap: The 5-year TIPS … Continue reading →