Category Archives: Investing in TIPS

I Bond investors are going to be getting back in the game on Nov. 2, after suffering through six months of 0.0% returns, which effectively cut off all I Bond sales from May to October 2015. Only a sucker would … Continue reading →

Sorry for the delay — it’s been quite the day. Meeting after meeting, all afternoon. And so, what happened at the 1 p.m. close of today’s TIPS auction? CUSIP 912810RL4 auctioned with a real yield (after inflation) to maturity of … Continue reading →

I’ll be working tomorrow morning – I usually have Thursdays off – so I won’t be able to post an update then. After the auction closes, I’ll post the result, but I won’t be able to post much commentary. We’re … Continue reading →

The Treasury will announce this tomorrow at 10 a.m., but we all know this will be the reopening of CUSIP 912810RL4, creating a 29-year, 4-month Treasury Inflation Protected Security. Because it has a established coupon rate of 0.75%, it is … Continue reading →

The Treasury jumped the gun – it never does that – and posted results of today’s auction of a 10-year TIPS reopening three minutes early! It’s Friday, folks, and the Treasury people are ready to go home. The reopening auction … Continue reading →