Author Archives: Tipswatch

Update: Yes or no on this 10-year TIPS reissue? Read my analysis. The U.S. Treasury will announce tomorrow (Sept. 15) that it will auction a reissue of CUSIP 912828QV5, which originally auctioned on July 21, 2011, with a yield to maturity … Continue reading →

I will admit up front that I admire and respect Bill Gross, and that didn’t change with his recent, widely publicized interview with the Financial Times, although a lot of people are using this as an opportunity to dump on … Continue reading →

Jeremy Siegel, author of ‘Stocks for the Long Run’ and co-author Jeremy Schwartz took some punches at Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities today in an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal. They contend that Treasuries – including TIPS -are in a … Continue reading →

The Treasury has posted the auction results for today’s reissue of a 5-year TIPS. This yield to maturity of -0.825% was right in line with what most experts were predicting. The 4-year, 8-month issue will mature on April 15, 2016. … Continue reading →

Update: This 5-year TIPS reissue auctioned at negative 0.825%. Stocks looking punk. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is down 430+ points this morning, on the day that the Treasury is auctioning a reissue of a 5-year TIPS, CUSIP 912828QD5. That … Continue reading →