Category Archives: Investing in TIPS

The Treasury just announced that its reopening of CUSIP 912828WU0, creating a 9-year, 8-month Treasury Inflation-Protected Security, auctioned with a yield to maturity of 0.497% (plus inflation). Because this TIPS carries a coupon rate of 0.125% – set at the … Continue reading →

The Treasury today is reopening CUSIP 912828WU0 at auction, creating a 9-year, 8-month Treasury Inflation-Protected Security with a coupon rate of 0.125%. Here’s where this auction stands at 10:15 a.m.: Bloomberg’s Current Yields page shows this TIPS trading on the … Continue reading →

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) was unchanged in October on a seasonally adjusted basis, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over the last 12 months, inflation increased 1.7%. This was slightly ‘higher’ than the … Continue reading →

The Treasury later today will announce it is reopening CUSIP 912828WU0 at auction Nov. 20, creating a 9-year, 8-month Treasury Inflation-Protected Security with a coupon rate of 0.125%. Update: Here’s the announcement. This TIPS has a history: It was first … Continue reading →