Category Archives: Investing in TIPS

Before you buy that 10-year TIPS … consider an I Bond

There’s an auction of a new 10-year Treasury Inflation-Protected Security on Thursday, and it looks like it will generate a yield to maturity of about 0.25% (plus inflation), well below the 0.661% buyers of the last new TIPS got six … Continue reading →

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U.S. inflation rose 0.3% in June

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.3% in June on a seasonally adjusted basis, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over the last 12 months, inflation increased 2.1%. The June increase – which hit … Continue reading →

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Up next: New 10-year TIPS auction July 24, 2014

The US Treasury hasn’t posted the formal announcement yet (it will be coming later this morning), but we know it will auction a new 10-year Treasury Inflation-Protected Security on Thursday, July 24. It will be CUSIP 912828WU0, and because this … Continue reading →

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Europe strikes again – and TIPS get more expensive

This is from today’s Wall Street Journal: Worries over the financial health of a major Portuguese lender spooked global markets Thursday, drubbing shares in southern Europe and sending U.S. stocks on an early swoon. The broad, sharp market moves were … Continue reading →

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Global financial group warns of Fed’s role in ‘risk-taking’ markets

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) issued its annual report last week, and it got some attention because it warned of excesses building in the financial system, at the same time Fed Chair Janet Yellen was defending the Fed’s policy … Continue reading →

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