Category Archives: Investing in TIPS

This week’s 10-year TIPS auction will be a test case for uncertainty

Posted on November 16, 2025 by Tipswatch

By David Enna, Tipswatch.com The U.S. Treasury on Thursday will auction $19 billion in a reopened 10-year Treasury Inflation-Protected Security, CUSIP 91282CNS6, creating a 9-year, 8-month TIPS. This will be especially interesting because it will be the first-ever TIPS auction … Continue reading →

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Nov. 13, 2025: The Inflation Day that wasn’t

Posted on November 14, 2025 by Tipswatch

By David Enna, Tipswatch.com I am writing this from a hotel room in Kyoto, Japan, 14 hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time. Today is Friday. I believe it is also Friday (but very early) in the United States. After 43 … Continue reading →

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My schedule … and I have a problem

Posted on October 29, 2025 by Tipswatch

By David Enna, Tipswatch.com Long-time readers know when I use a headline that starts with “My schedule” it means I will be traveling to distant places. And that is true again, starting Friday morning when I will be off to … Continue reading →

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New 5-year TIPS gets real yield of 1.182%

Posted on October 23, 2025 by Tipswatch

Investor demand appeared to be lukewarm. By David Enna, Tipswatch.com The U.S. Treasury’s auction offering of $26 billion of a new 5-year Treasury Inflation-Protected Security — CUSIP 91282CPH8 — generated a real yield to maturity of 1.182%, down a whopping … Continue reading →

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This week’s 5-year TIPS auction will be hard to predict

Posted on October 19, 2025 by Tipswatch

Oct. 23 update: New 5-year TIPS gets real yield of 1.182% By David Enna, Tipswatch.com Auctions for new 5-year Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities happen twice a year, in April and October. Because of the relatively short term, and the different inflationary conditions … Continue reading →