Category Archives: Investing in TIPS

5-year TIPS reopening auction gets real yield of -1.508%

No surprises, but demand looked lukewarm By David Enna, Tipswatch.com The Treasury’s reopening auction of CUSIP 91282CDC2 — creating a 4-year, 10-month Treasury Inflation-Protected Security — generated a real yield to maturity of -1.508%, well off the record low for … Continue reading

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5-year TIPS real yield will be omen of things to come

Treasury will reopen a 5-year TIPS at auction Wednesday, as real yields are creeping higher. By David Enna, Tipswatch.com The last TIPS auction of the year is coming Wednesday, a day early because of the holiday season, when the U.S. … Continue reading

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U.S. inflation surged 0.8% in November, as prices rise at the highest rate in 39 years

By David Enna, Tipswatch.com This time, the economists just about got it right. The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.8% in November on a seasonally adjusted basis, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over … Continue reading

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10-year TIPS reopening auction gets a record-low real yield of -1.145%

By David Enna, Tipswatch.com The Treasury’s offering of $14 billion in a 10-year TIPS reopening auction Thursday generated a real yield to maturity of -1.145%, the lowest ever for any TIPS auction of this term. This is CUSIP 91282CCM1, and … Continue reading

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10-year TIPS reopens Thursday: How low can it go?

By David Enna, Tipswatch.com The U.S. Treasury will offer $14 billion in a 10-year TIPS reopening auction on Thursday. The real yield is likely to crash through the record low for any TIPS auction of this term. And the weird … Continue reading

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