Author Archives: Tipswatch

On Thursday, April 21, the Treasury plans to sell $14 billion in five-year inflation-protected securities. The issue date is April 29. The TIPS mature April 15, 2016. Cusip number is 912828QD5. Here is a .pdf with full details of the … Continue reading →

So Standard & Poors issues a negative outlook on U.S. Treasuries this morning, and the stock market falls into turmoil. The Dow average ended up rallying to close at -1.14% for the day. (In reality, that is a non-event, isn’t … Continue reading →

These are words that investors in Treasury securities don’t like to read: Standard & Poor’s cut its ratings outlook on the U.S. to negative from stable while keeping its triple-A rating on the world’s largest economy. Relative to its AAA-rated … Continue reading →

Another interesting video from FT.com on inflation: George Goncalves, head of US interest rates strategy at Nomura Securities, tells the FT’s Michael Mackenzie that he does not expect to see substantial inflation in the near future. Mr Goncalves says higher … Continue reading →

From FT.com, a fairly optimistic viewpoint from Henry Kaufman. Henry Kaufman, the legendary Wall Street economist known as “Dr Doom” for his pessimistic forecasts on inflation and interest rates in the 1970s and 1980s, says he does not like his … Continue reading →