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10-year TIPS reopening auction gets real yield of 1.734% to weak demand

By David Enna, Tipswatch.com One day after the Federal Reserve acted to lower short-term interest rates, the Treasury’s offering of $19 billion in a reopened 10-year Treasury Inflation-Protected Security — CUSIP 91282CNS6 — drew surprisingly weak demand from investors. The … Continue reading

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30-year TIPS reopening gets real yield of 2.650%, highest in nearly 24 years

By David Enna, Tipswatch.com Investors were ready and willing to jump aboard today’s auction of a reopened 30-year Treasury Inflation-Protected Security, CUSIP 912810UH9. And why not? The resulting real yield to maturity of 2.650% was the highest for this term … Continue reading

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The TIP ETF just hit a meaningless milestone

For some reason, the $110 net asset value is a marker for me. By David Enna, Tipswatch.com I have been writing about Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities for more than 14 years, and that is plenty of time to dream up “significant … Continue reading

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The U.S. T-bill market is feeling the debt pinch

A looming debt-limit crisis is causing yield anomalies. By David Enna, Tipswatch.com In looking over this week’s auctions of Treasury bills, I noticed something unusual, but also predictable: The looming debt-limit crisis is beginning to send tremors through the short-term … Continue reading

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Let’s take the long view on real yields

By David Enna, Tipswatch.com I noticed this morning that real yields for Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities are shifting a bit in the wake of the U.S. attack on Iran. But so far these changes seem fairly routine. The yield curve has … Continue reading

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