Yes, sorry, you are correct: next auction on 9/26 and settles 9/29. Eyes getting oldmongstradamus wrote: ↑Wed Sep 21, 2022 6:03 pmThank you for clarification, am I misreading the 13 week auction isn't it on 26 with settlement on 29? I am still a bit confused maybe best way to learn is to experiment a bit and see .Kevin M wrote: ↑Wed Sep 21, 2022 12:34 pm<snip>mongstradamus wrote: ↑Wed Sep 21, 2022 12:19 pm<snip>
What you could do is buy half now and half at the auction, but the next 13-week auction is not until Oct 3, with settlement Oct 6. If you buy today, settlement is 9/22, so you get 14 days more of interest at the current yield if you buy today. I suspect the 13-week rate will be higher in 14 days, since it tends to keep rising as the fed is increasing the federal funds rate. And, you can earn money market interest in the meantime on any cash waiting for the next auction, and MM yields will continue to increase as well.
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The lower yield would have the higher price, so that's the preferred one. So actually a desire for less cash flow in order to have less reinvestment risk, maybe?
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I thought of another reason one might prefer the lower-coupon, lower-IR, slightly lower yield 1/15/25 TIPS.
Although the IRR (and YTM) are independent of the reinvestment rate on the coupon payments, the investment return is not; i.e., the rates at which the coupon payments are reinvested will affect the investment return.
Since much more of the return for the higher-coupon issue comes from the coupon payments, the reinvestment rate on these has a much greater impact than it does on the lower-coupon issue. So, the uncertainty of return (aka, risk) of the higher-coupon issue is greater, which should result in a higher yield, as it does.
In other words, the 0.250% coupon issue is much closer to a zero-coupon bond than is the 2.375% coupon issue, and a zero-coupon bond has no reinvestment risk.
I personally am happy not to have to bother with reinvesting coupon payments, and I don't need the cash flows, so lower coupon payments actually are a plus for me.
Kevin
Although the IRR (and YTM) are independent of the reinvestment rate on the coupon payments, the investment return is not; i.e., the rates at which the coupon payments are reinvested will affect the investment return.
Since much more of the return for the higher-coupon issue comes from the coupon payments, the reinvestment rate on these has a much greater impact than it does on the lower-coupon issue. So, the uncertainty of return (aka, risk) of the higher-coupon issue is greater, which should result in a higher yield, as it does.
In other words, the 0.250% coupon issue is much closer to a zero-coupon bond than is the 2.375% coupon issue, and a zero-coupon bond has no reinvestment risk.
I personally am happy not to have to bother with reinvesting coupon payments, and I don't need the cash flows, so lower coupon payments actually are a plus for me.
Kevin
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Correct conclusion, but incorrect premise. The lower-coupon, lower-yield issue has the lower price, 97.33, since little return comes from the coupon payments. The higher yield issue has a higher price, 102.06; all of the positive return comes from the coupon payments--the real price return will be negative. Conversely, most of the return for the lower-coupon, lower-yield issue comes from price return, with very little coming from coupon payments.jeffyscott wrote: ↑Wed Sep 21, 2022 6:45 pmThe lower yield would have the higher price, so that's the preferred one. So actually a desire for less cash flow in order to have less reinvestment risk, maybe?
It has more to do with coupon rate than yield.
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I know of no webpage that provides this. TIPS seasonal adjustments is a bit of an arcane topic; it took quite a bit of discussion, research, and analysis by members of this forum some years ago to figure out why the sawtooth pattern existed in the shorter-term TIPS yields, and what kind of adjustments were appropriate to smooth out the yield curve.
#Cruncher came up with a complicated and difficult to understand but effective way to calculate the SA adjustments, and I used his approach at first. Subsequently, another forum member discovered the Paul Canty paper, which derived a much simpler way to calculate the SA adjustments, and that's what I use now. Not only is it simpler, but calculating it using the Canty approach gave me more insight into the meaning of the SA calculation.
I can't share my working spreadsheet, since there are tons of sheets in it, some of which may contain private info, and there are several other spreadsheets that it's dependent on (I use IMPORTRANGE a lot). However, maybe I could create a spreadsheet to share that simply imports the final SA results sheet, and maybe the BEI sheet too.
Of course this depends on my updating the spreadsheet, but I have been updating it almost daily for the last few months at least.
Kevin
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I had an interesting phone call with my local Fidelity rep and the Fixed Income Specialist (he works in the same office). Although I'm a DIY investor, they are happy to answer any questions I may have. (They only charge AUM if you ask them to manage the account.)
The specialist was not a fan of the "auto roll" technique. Don't use it. Why? Because you should be paying attention to the market instead.
The best deals are on the secondary treasury market - which does not "auto roll". The yield curve is currently inverted, which is a big indicator of what the market might do. There are also the upcoming fed rate hikes (one happened today). Right now, 1-year and 2-year treasuries have the best yields.
You don't know what the market will do in the future (no one knows...). His approach is to look at the yield curve at 3, 6, 9, and 12 months out. Looking more than 5 years out, however, consider CDs.
You can build a bond ladder with 1-year and 2-year treasuries.
For my situation (my Mom's - I'm acting as POA), I'll be investing in FZDXX and 1-year or 2-year Treasuries. Once I get the money market transactions settled (transferring from a bank), I'll contact the Fixed Income specialist to decide on the appropriate Treasuries for me.
The portfolio has other fixed income funds, but I won't discuss them in this thread. I have some work to do regarding asset allocation and tax management.
Update: Clarified what the specialist meant.
The specialist was not a fan of the "auto roll" technique. Don't use it. Why? Because you should be paying attention to the market instead.
The best deals are on the secondary treasury market - which does not "auto roll". The yield curve is currently inverted, which is a big indicator of what the market might do. There are also the upcoming fed rate hikes (one happened today). Right now, 1-year and 2-year treasuries have the best yields.
You don't know what the market will do in the future (no one knows...). His approach is to look at the yield curve at 3, 6, 9, and 12 months out. Looking more than 5 years out, however, consider CDs.
You can build a bond ladder with 1-year and 2-year treasuries.
For my situation (my Mom's - I'm acting as POA), I'll be investing in FZDXX and 1-year or 2-year Treasuries. Once I get the money market transactions settled (transferring from a bank), I'll contact the Fixed Income specialist to decide on the appropriate Treasuries for me.
The portfolio has other fixed income funds, but I won't discuss them in this thread. I have some work to do regarding asset allocation and tax management.
Update: Clarified what the specialist meant.
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Okay, but we can say that in order for the yields to be equal the price of the one with lower yield would have to go up. I was thinking of that effect.Kevin M wrote: ↑Wed Sep 21, 2022 7:00 pmCorrect conclusion, but incorrect premise. The lower-coupon, lower-yield issue has the lower price, 97.33, since little return comes from the coupon payments. The higher yield issue has a higher price, 102.06; all of the positive return comes from the coupon payments--the real price return will be negative. Conversely, most of the return for the lower-coupon, lower-yield issue comes from price return, with very little coming from coupon payments.jeffyscott wrote: ↑Wed Sep 21, 2022 6:45 pmThe lower yield would have the higher price, so that's the preferred one. So actually a desire for less cash flow in order to have less reinvestment risk, maybe?
It has more to do with coupon rate than yield.
Kevin
But yes, whatever the path to get there, the conclusion is that it seems that there's a preference for lower coupons. Perhaps Treasury could save some money by issuing zero coupon TIPS.
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I don’t understand what fidelity rep means you would have to keep check on market if you auto roll. I would think auto reroll you just buy and forget about it ? Wouldn’t timing when to buy depending on yields be market timing and having to check yields all the time ?LadyGeek wrote: ↑Wed Sep 21, 2022 7:13 pm I had an interesting phone call with my local Fidelity rep and the Fixed Income Specialist (he works in the same office). Although I'm a DIY investor, they are happy to answer any questions I may have. (They only charge AUM if you ask them to manage the account.)
The specialist was not a fan of the "auto roll" technique. Why? Because it forces you to pay attention to the market.
The best deals are on the secondary treasury market - which does not "auto roll". The yield curve is currently inverted, which is a big indicator of what the market might do. There are also the upcoming fed rate hikes (one happened today). Right now, 1-year and 2-year treasuries have the best yields.
You don't know what the market will do in the future (no one knows...). His approach is to look at the yield curve at 3, 6, 9, and 12 months out. Looking more than 5 years out, however, consider CDs.
You can build a bond ladder with 1-year and 2-year treasuries.
For my situation (my Mom's - I'm acting as POA), I'll be investing in FZDXX and 1-year or 2-year Treasuries. Once I get the money market transactions settled (transferring from a bank), I'll contact the Fixed Income specialist to decide on the appropriate Treasuries for me.
The portfolio has other fixed income funds, but I won't discuss them in this thread. I have some work to do regarding asset allocation and tax management.
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OK, here is a protected spreadsheet that shows the SA and BEI sheets. It shows only the data, not the formulas, and I haven't added any charts yet. Please let me know if this is useful.
Also, credit to #Cruncher for the formulas to calculate BEI from last known reference date (LKR) to maturity.
If anyone wants to dig into the details, let's please move the discussion to TIPS yield curve and seasonal adjustment update.
Kevin
Also, credit to #Cruncher for the formulas to calculate BEI from last known reference date (LKR) to maturity.
If anyone wants to dig into the details, let's please move the discussion to TIPS yield curve and seasonal adjustment update.
Kevin
If I make a calculation error, #Cruncher probably will let me know.
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Sorry about that. I have revised my post. The Fidelity rep said to not use auto roll. Instead, pay attention to what the market is doing.mongstradamus wrote: ↑Wed Sep 21, 2022 7:34 pm I don’t understand what fidelity rep means you would have to keep check on market if you auto roll. I would think auto reroll you just buy and forget about it ? Wouldn’t timing when to buy depending on yields be market timing and having to check yields all the time ?
His ensuing discussion on the inverted yield curve is why you need to look at the market conditions. Also, check every few months.
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This is very non-Bogleheadish, but that's OK with me, as I do base my fixed income decisions on the available opportunities, the yield curves, etc.LadyGeek wrote: ↑Wed Sep 21, 2022 7:13 pm I had an interesting phone call with my local Fidelity rep and the Fixed Income Specialist (he works in the same office). Although I'm a DIY investor, they are happy to answer any questions I may have. (They only charge AUM if you ask them to manage the account.)
The specialist was not a fan of the "auto roll" technique. Don't use it. Why? Because you should be paying attention to the market instead.
This is poppycock (the part about best deals). I have bought most of my Treasuries on the secondary market, but not because I get the best deals. I do it because the maturities I want to buy are not available at auction, settlement is quicker, and I know what yields I'm getting.
You get the best deal possible for a particular maturity at auction, since you are getting the same yield as the primary dealers (the ones that bid competitively with millions of dollars).
Here is the nominal Treasury yield curve as of today:
We can see that the yield curve is not at all inverted at the short end, but steeply positively sloped. It also is not inverted between 10 and 20 years. Let's zoom into the shorter maturities, since that seems to be what you're interested in:
We see that the yield curve is steep out to 1-year maturity, then a bit inverted between 1-year and 2-year maturities, and the inversion continues out to 5-year maturity. So, the highest yield is for about 1-year maturities, but not much different than 2-year maturities.
That does not mean that these are the maturities you should invest in. It depends on how you want to balance price risk with reinvestment risk. Shorter-term maturities have less price risk but more reinvestment risk, and vice versa for longer maturities. Personally, I prefer to invest where the yield curve is steep, or near the peak of the steep part, so that would be 1-year or less maturity at this time. That's just me though--I understand that I'm taking more reinvestment risk this way.
First sentence is true. Second sentence only make sense if you want only shorter term maturities. Last sentence depends on the environment, which changes.
Looking at Fidelity Yield page now, CDs have a slight yield advantage at 2yr maturity, more at 3y, and a lot at 5y (4.50% for CD, 3.80% for Treasury), so would agree with rep if you want to go out five years in current environment.
You can build a ladder with any maturities.
I would not invest based on what a Fidelity fixed income specialist told me. I would share his/her recommendation here, and then see what we have to say about it.LadyGeek wrote: ↑Wed Sep 21, 2022 7:13 pm For my situation (my Mom's - I'm acting as POA), I'll be investing in FZDXX and 1-year or 2-year Treasuries. Once I get the money market transactions settled (transferring from a bank), I'll contact the Fixed Income specialist to decide on the appropriate Treasuries for me.
I also would highly recommend considering TIPS for 1-year and 2-year time frames, as inflation can really eat away at purchasing power. If the fixed income specialist says something like don't invest in TIPS because the yields are lower (which we have seen posted), I would hang up the phone and come back here for advice, since that shows a deep misunderstanding of real yields vs. nominal yields.
Kevin
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They include callable CDs for that rate table. The 4.5% one is callable. They appear to only show callable 5 year CDs available at this time for new issues. At 3 years the highest non-callable CD they show is 3.85%, so less than 3 year treasury yield.
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I sorta wandered here off the street, but this turned out to be a decent bond market timing thread.
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Would this now be considered chasing yield on the bond side of AA as well? I'm not sure.whodidntante wrote: ↑Wed Sep 21, 2022 11:06 pm I sorta wandered here off the street, but this turned out to be a decent bond market timing thread.
"Success is going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm." Winston Churchill.
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Thank you for the detailed explanation. Yes, I was looking at short-term maturities and the conversation was focused on that. I'll take the advice I give everyone else - post your portfolio info and ask for recommendations. BTW, we never discussed TIPS.Kevin M wrote: ↑Wed Sep 21, 2022 9:12 pm I would not invest based on what a Fidelity fixed income specialist told me. I would share his/her recommendation here, and then see what we have to say about it.
I also would highly recommend considering TIPS for 1-year and 2-year time frames, as inflation can really eat away at purchasing power. If the fixed income specialist says something like don't invest in TIPS because the yields are lower (which we have seen posted), I would hang up the phone and come back here for advice, since that shows a deep misunderstanding of real yields vs. nominal yields.
For balance, bear in mind that I could have misunderstood part of the conversation.
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Yes, I guess since the revered Total Bond Market (VBTLX) is down >10%; market timing of your fixed income is the new Boglehead recommendation!
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Another nice bump up in nominal and real yields so far today!
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Beginner question about specific TIPS... forgive me, but there is SO much information on the Forum that it's hard to search, so I thought I'd just ask a basic question using these two specific examples from the Vanguard site this morning.
1/15/2025, Coupon 2.375, Ask 101.785, YTM 1.584
1/15/2025, Coupon 0.250, Ask 97.042, YTM 1.558
What is the difference between these two? And, at maturity, what will I have, or what might I have?
1/15/2025, Coupon 2.375, Ask 101.785, YTM 1.584
1/15/2025, Coupon 0.250, Ask 97.042, YTM 1.558
What is the difference between these two? And, at maturity, what will I have, or what might I have?
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There is very little difference between these two TIPS. You will earn the yield to maturity at the time of purchase plus the change in CPI from purchase to maturity. They both have already gotten a substantial CPI adjustment, so there is risk of nominal loss if the CPI goes down between now and maturity. Even in that case, you have still earned the stated real yield. One has a higher price and higher coupon, the other a lower price and lower coupon, so the timing of your income will be slightly different. In my humble opinion, not enough difference to worry about.
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I see 5 year TIPS at 1.42% now. I have some TIPS maturing on 4/15/23.
My thought is to hold them until April and then maybe extend out to 5 year TIPS. Would have worked nicely in 2005.
Opinions?
My thought is to hold them until April and then maybe extend out to 5 year TIPS. Would have worked nicely in 2005.
Opinions?
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Would you explain the bolded part? The second bond costs ~$9700 for $10K worth. I'm guaranteed to get $10K at maturity, right? What is the potential nominal loss?billyt wrote: ↑Thu Sep 22, 2022 10:05 am There is very little difference between these two TIPS. You will earn the yield to maturity at the time of purchase plus the change in CPI from purchase to maturity. They both have already gotten a substantial CPI adjustment, so there is risk of nominal loss if the CPI goes down between now and maturity. Even in that case, you have still earned the stated real yield. One has a higher price and higher coupon, the other a lower price and lower coupon, so the timing of your income will be slightly different. In my humble opinion, not enough difference to worry about.
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I would discourage you from trying to time the market. When do you need the money? That should determine the maturity you chose. If your investment horizon is indefinite at this point, you are better off in a bond fund and you can switch to a ladder when your needs are better defined.
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TIPS yields look great today!! (While, sadly, the stock market is falling like a lead balloon....)
Just a heads up for those of you who, unlike me, have cash to invest.....
Just a heads up for those of you who, unlike me, have cash to invest.....
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Hi Tom: If the CPI is lower at maturity than it is now, you may get back less than you paid. Most think that this scenario is unlikely, but it is not impossible.
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YTM is what you will get on your investment (above inflation) if you hold to maturityTom_T wrote: ↑Thu Sep 22, 2022 9:49 am Beginner question about specific TIPS... forgive me, but there is SO much information on the Forum that it's hard to search, so I thought I'd just ask a basic question using these two specific examples from the Vanguard site this morning.
1/15/2025, Coupon 2.375, Ask 101.785, YTM 1.584
1/15/2025, Coupon 0.250, Ask 97.042, YTM 1.558
What is the difference between these two? And, at maturity, what will I have, or what might I have?
Coupon is the original bond's yield from time of investment through maturity (above inflation). That would be important if you bought the bond at original auction, and would equal the YTM for you in that scenario.
The number that should matter to you is YTM ("yield to maturity").
That said, since the YTM is essentially equal on these two bonds which mature the same date (within .03%), I would invest in the one with the lower coupon. It will be cheaper, and you have a little more deflation protection.
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No, the principle value increases with inflation and decreases with deflation. The second bond has a current principle value of about $1250, due to changes in the reference CPI from issuance to today. So at 97, you would pay about $1212 per bond.
At maturity the principle will be valued based on the reference CPI for that date. That could be higher or lower than today's reference CPI and so higher or lower than $1250. If CPI were low enough the value could fall below the $1212 that you would have paid.
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jeffyscott is correct, and it is good to understand the details of what you are buying, but don't lose sight of the fact that even in this case your are getting the real yield your were promised. If you want a guaranteed nominal return, buy regular treasuries, if you want guaranteed nominal returns, buy TIPS.
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There is a series of posts about my decision process to buy one or the other of these yesterday, starting here: viewtopic.php?p=6881112#p6881112.Tom_T wrote: ↑Thu Sep 22, 2022 9:49 am Beginner question about specific TIPS... forgive me, but there is SO much information on the Forum that it's hard to search, so I thought I'd just ask a basic question using these two specific examples from the Vanguard site this morning.
1/15/2025, Coupon 2.375, Ask 101.785, YTM 1.584
1/15/2025, Coupon 0.250, Ask 97.042, YTM 1.558
What is the difference between these two? And, at maturity, what will I have, or what might I have?
At first I favored the higher-coupon, higher-yield issue, but ended up buying the lower-yield, lower-coupon issue. Turns out my reasoning was somewhat faulty, but after we discussed it and I thought about it some more, I'm happy with the decision. Look at the discussion (on previous page) and you'll see the various considerations.
Kevin
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Thank you. At this rate, we will need a "Bogleheads Bonds" forum!Kevin M wrote: ↑Thu Sep 22, 2022 12:44 pmThere is a series of posts about my decision process to buy one or the other of these yesterday, starting here: viewtopic.php?p=6881112#p6881112.Tom_T wrote: ↑Thu Sep 22, 2022 9:49 am Beginner question about specific TIPS... forgive me, but there is SO much information on the Forum that it's hard to search, so I thought I'd just ask a basic question using these two specific examples from the Vanguard site this morning.
1/15/2025, Coupon 2.375, Ask 101.785, YTM 1.584
1/15/2025, Coupon 0.250, Ask 97.042, YTM 1.558
What is the difference between these two? And, at maturity, what will I have, or what might I have?
At first I favored the higher-coupon, higher-yield issue, but ended up buying the lower-yield, lower-coupon issue. Turns out my reasoning was somewhat faulty, but after we discussed it and I thought about it some more, I'm happy with the decision. Look at the discussion (on previous page) and you'll see the various considerations.
Kevin
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Here is the TIPS yield curve based on Fidelity quotes today.
(SA = Seasonally Adjusted)
Here it is out to 2027 maturities:
(Vertical axis truncated so we can see more resolution; the Jan 2023 ask yield is 3.07% (SA 1.66%))
The 1/15/25 0.250% TIPS SA yield at 1.44% is 21 basis points higher than the 1.23% SA I got yesterday, but knock off 1-2 basis points for large/small-qty spread.
I will be buying more TIPS today.
Kevin
(SA = Seasonally Adjusted)
Here it is out to 2027 maturities:
(Vertical axis truncated so we can see more resolution; the Jan 2023 ask yield is 3.07% (SA 1.66%))
The 1/15/25 0.250% TIPS SA yield at 1.44% is 21 basis points higher than the 1.23% SA I got yesterday, but knock off 1-2 basis points for large/small-qty spread.
I will be buying more TIPS today.
Kevin
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Bought 10 of the 1/15/2025 0.250% TIPS for DW at Fidelity at 96.922, yield = 1.61%, SA yield = 1.42%.
Bought 10 of the 1/15/2024 for me at Vanguard at 98.320, yield = 1.93%, SA yield = 1.60%, which is 48 basis points higher SA yield than my last purchase on 09/09/2022. Principal amount was $12,484.81, compared to 12,560.90 for last purchase.
Kevin
Bought 10 of the 1/15/2024 for me at Vanguard at 98.320, yield = 1.93%, SA yield = 1.60%, which is 48 basis points higher SA yield than my last purchase on 09/09/2022. Principal amount was $12,484.81, compared to 12,560.90 for last purchase.
Kevin
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I bought this (91282CEZ0) today on Fidelity (IRA) both on auction and on the secondary market. The price on auction was $94.2744 and the price on the secondary market was $94.008 (so slightly better).You Know What I Mean wrote: ↑Fri Sep 16, 2022 8:29 amI am. The Indicative Yield is 1.032. Does it make sense to sell at least a portion of TIPS ETFs (TIP and/or SCHP) holdings in IRA's to buy the 10-Year TIP REOPEN (maturing 07/15/32)?
That would be to lock in a "high" real yield for a longer period. Is the major downside the possibility that real yields could go even higher during that term?
The "Ask Yield to Maturity" on Fidelity is given as 1.286%
I did this trade partly to understand better, given that I am considering purchasing much more in the future. I have a few questions:
1. Is the 1.286% the real yield?
2. Is the real yield a combination of the coupon % (contributing over half in this case), the price (which is this case is below 100 as would contribute a bit less than half of the real yield) and the inflation factor at purchase (=1.01975 which is a small contributor)?
3. if I hold to maturity, I would receive the #bonds times $1000 per bond times the inflation factor at maturity plus coupon payments every 6 months over the 10 years to maturity?
Do I understand this correctly?
If so, I expect I will buy a fair amount of roughly 5yr TIPs, so long as I am getting 1+% real yield, and if I understand this correctly then I would not be put off of the secondary market.
Thanks for any feedback.
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^ Here's a detailed description of what the auction results mean:
https://tipswatch.com/2022/09/22/10-yea ... -12-years/
The one you bought at auction won't settle for 8 days, while the secondary settles tomorrow. So there would some small additional difference with that one, besides the price.
https://tipswatch.com/2022/09/22/10-yea ... -12-years/
The one you bought at auction won't settle for 8 days, while the secondary settles tomorrow. So there would some small additional difference with that one, besides the price.
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TIPS are becoming a meme bond. Y'all have been crowing about bonds for years and years, and finally, I care. Kind of.
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How does this help people understand trading Treasuries, the topic of this thread? My purpose in starting this thread was to help people learn about trading Treasuries, regardless of their motivations, and to learn more about it myself.
If I make a calculation error, #Cruncher probably will let me know.
Re: Trading Treasuries (nominal and TIPS)
Good for you, and thanks for sharing your results, which show that you don't always get the best price at auction.ClassOf2021 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 22, 2022 4:43 pmI bought this (91282CEZ0) today on Fidelity (IRA) both on auction and on the secondary market. The price on auction was $94.2744 and the price on the secondary market was $94.008 (so slightly better).
1. Yes, and the auction yield is 1.248%.ClassOf2021 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 22, 2022 4:43 pm The "Ask Yield to Maturity" on Fidelity is given as 1.286%
I did this trade partly to understand better, given that I am considering purchasing much more in the future. I have a few questions:
1. Is the 1.286% the real yield?
2. Is the real yield a combination of the coupon % (contributing over half in this case), the price (which is this case is below 100 as would contribute a bit less than half of the real yield) and the inflation factor at purchase (=1.01975 which is a small contributor)?
3. if I hold to maturity, I would receive the #bonds times $1000 per bond times the inflation factor at maturity plus coupon payments every 6 months over the 10 years to maturity?
Do I understand this correctly?
If so, I expect I will buy a fair amount of roughly 5yr TIPs, so long as I am getting 1+% real yield, and if I understand this correctly then I would not be put off of the secondary market.
Thanks for any feedback.
2. The real yield, as with any yield to maturity, depends on settlement date, maturity date, coupon rate, and price. Yes, the increase from the price you paid to 100 at maturity adds to the yield, as do the coupon payments. The inflation factor is not part of the yield calculation. It is multiplied by by the price to get the inflation adjusted price, which is what you actually pay. I have never seen a reason to calculate an adjusted yield from the adjusted price.
3. Yes, and each semi-annual coupon payment also is increased by the inflation factor on the date of the payment. So it is coupon rate / 2 * 1,000 * inflation factor.
Good for you not being put off by secondary market; I have bought most of my Treasuries on secondary. If you want a TIPS maturity of less than 5 years, you have no choice.
Kevin
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Re: Trading Treasuries (nominal and TIPS)
Thanks KevinKevin M wrote: ↑Thu Sep 22, 2022 6:04 pmGood for you, and thanks for sharing your results, which show that you don't always get the best price at auction.ClassOf2021 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 22, 2022 4:43 pmI bought this (91282CEZ0) today on Fidelity (IRA) both on auction and on the secondary market. The price on auction was $94.2744 and the price on the secondary market was $94.008 (so slightly better).
1. Yes, and the auction yield is 1.248%.ClassOf2021 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 22, 2022 4:43 pm The "Ask Yield to Maturity" on Fidelity is given as 1.286%
I did this trade partly to understand better, given that I am considering purchasing much more in the future. I have a few questions:
1. Is the 1.286% the real yield?
2. Is the real yield a combination of the coupon % (contributing over half in this case), the price (which is this case is below 100 as would contribute a bit less than half of the real yield) and the inflation factor at purchase (=1.01975 which is a small contributor)?
3. if I hold to maturity, I would receive the #bonds times $1000 per bond times the inflation factor at maturity plus coupon payments every 6 months over the 10 years to maturity?
Do I understand this correctly?
If so, I expect I will buy a fair amount of roughly 5yr TIPs, so long as I am getting 1+% real yield, and if I understand this correctly then I would not be put off of the secondary market.
Thanks for any feedback.
2. The real yield, as with any yield to maturity, depends on settlement date, maturity date, coupon rate, and price. Yes, the increase from the price you paid to 100 at maturity adds to the yield, as do the coupon payments. The inflation factor is not part of the yield calculation. It is multiplied by by the price to get the inflation adjusted price, which is what you actually pay. I have never seen a reason to calculate an adjusted yield from the adjusted price.
3. Yes, and each semi-annual coupon payment also is increased by the inflation factor on the date of the payment. So it is coupon rate / 2 * 1,000 * inflation factor.
Good for you not being put off by secondary market; I have bought most of my Treasuries on secondary. If you want a TIPS maturity of less than 5 years, you have no choice.
Kevin
Re: Trading Treasuries (nominal and TIPS)
My portfolio has been posted: Managing my mom's accountLadyGeek wrote: ↑Thu Sep 22, 2022 6:00 amThank you for the detailed explanation. Yes, I was looking at short-term maturities and the conversation was focused on that. I'll take the advice I give everyone else - post your portfolio info and ask for recommendations. BTW, we never discussed TIPS.Kevin M wrote: ↑Wed Sep 21, 2022 9:12 pm I would not invest based on what a Fidelity fixed income specialist told me. I would share his/her recommendation here, and then see what we have to say about it.
I also would highly recommend considering TIPS for 1-year and 2-year time frames, as inflation can really eat away at purchasing power. If the fixed income specialist says something like don't invest in TIPS because the yields are lower (which we have seen posted), I would hang up the phone and come back here for advice, since that shows a deep misunderstanding of real yields vs. nominal yields.
For balance, bear in mind that I could have misunderstood part of the conversation.
Re: Trading Treasuries (nominal and TIPS)
Looking over the Treasury Auction listings at Fidelity just now, they list the 2-year Note with an expected coupon of 4.125% and an expected yield of 4.105% (earlier in the day it was even lower, 4.098%). Does that mean that they expect the auction price of this Note to be above $100?
Re: Trading Treasuries (nominal and TIPS)
I was browsing through the new issue CDs on Fidelity earlier today and it was interesting to see how quickly the 5-year non-callable CDs were being snapped up, leaving only callable CDs. For example, they had some 5-year non-callable CDs at 4.3% that sold out as I watched. I just took another look and I see they have a new supply of over 3,000 of them listed again now (9pm eastern time). There are some non-callable 3-year CDs at 4.3% as well.jeffyscott wrote: ↑Wed Sep 21, 2022 9:35 pmThey include callable CDs for that rate table. The 4.5% one is callable. They appear to only show callable 5 year CDs available at this time for new issues. At 3 years the highest non-callable CD they show is 3.85%, so less than 3 year treasury yield.
VTAPX holdings vs. my TIPS holdings
I used the Vanguard institutional site to download the holdings of Vanguard's short-term TIPS fund, VTAPX. I thought it would be interesting to compare my holdings to the fund's holdings.
Here are VTAPX holdings as of 8/31/22:
The fund holds every maturity from 1/15/22 to 7/15/27. The largest holding is the shortest-term TIPS, the Jan 2023. Holdings generally decrease as maturity increases. Except for 2027, they hold less Apr than Jan or Jul in each maturity year. Since this is an index fund, I assume the holdings are related to the amount outstanding for each maturity. Anyone want to check that?
Here are my holdings, shown in the same way (this does not include DW's holdings):
Obviously I hold much more in the shorter maturities. I find it interesting that the patterns of Jan, Apr and Jul 2023 are similar, which is completely coincidental.
My policy for buying TIPS has been evolving. My view is that the Fed will succeed in bringing inflation down to the 2% level over the next few years (I think the market may be coming around to this view), so I have been, and still am, favoring the shorter maturities. I think what I'll be focusing on now is adding to the 2024 maturities to bring them more in line to the Vanguard % holdings (relative to my 2023 holdings), so I need to start by adding more Jan 2024 (bought some yesterday).
I haven't looked at TIPS yields today, but I see that short-term TIPS ETFs are down today, so short-term TIPS yields should be up.
Kevin
Here are VTAPX holdings as of 8/31/22:
The fund holds every maturity from 1/15/22 to 7/15/27. The largest holding is the shortest-term TIPS, the Jan 2023. Holdings generally decrease as maturity increases. Except for 2027, they hold less Apr than Jan or Jul in each maturity year. Since this is an index fund, I assume the holdings are related to the amount outstanding for each maturity. Anyone want to check that?
Here are my holdings, shown in the same way (this does not include DW's holdings):
Obviously I hold much more in the shorter maturities. I find it interesting that the patterns of Jan, Apr and Jul 2023 are similar, which is completely coincidental.
My policy for buying TIPS has been evolving. My view is that the Fed will succeed in bringing inflation down to the 2% level over the next few years (I think the market may be coming around to this view), so I have been, and still am, favoring the shorter maturities. I think what I'll be focusing on now is adding to the 2024 maturities to bring them more in line to the Vanguard % holdings (relative to my 2023 holdings), so I need to start by adding more Jan 2024 (bought some yesterday).
I haven't looked at TIPS yields today, but I see that short-term TIPS ETFs are down today, so short-term TIPS yields should be up.
Kevin
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Re: Trading Treasuries (nominal and TIPS)
Yes. At that coupon and yield, price would be 100.04, calculated using spreadsheet YIELD function.Chip Munk wrote: ↑Thu Sep 22, 2022 8:04 pm Looking over the Treasury Auction listings at Fidelity just now, they list the 2-year Note with an expected coupon of 4.125% and an expected yield of 4.105% (earlier in the day it was even lower, 4.098%). Does that mean that they expect the auction price of this Note to be above $100?
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Re: VTAPX holdings vs. my TIPS holdings1
I just did a quick comparison of the three short-term TIPS index funds tracking the 0-5 years index and their composition seems to vary, sometimes notably.Kevin M wrote: ↑Fri Sep 23, 2022 12:00 pm
The fund holds every maturity from 1/15/22 to 7/15/27. The largest holding is the shortest-term TIPS, the Jan 2023. Holdings generally decrease as maturity increases. Except for 2027, they hold less Apr than Jan or Jul in each maturity year. Since this is an index fund, I assume the holdings are related to the amount outstanding for each maturity. Anyone want to check that?
Invesco PureBeta 0-5 Yr US TIPS ETF (PBTP)
Vanguard Short-Term Infl-Prot Secs ETF (VTIP)
iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF (STIP)
For instance, both PBTP and VTIP own about the same weight (roughly 4% of the fund) of the 1/15/25 and 4/15/25 TIPS but STIP owns virtually none of the 1/15/25 issue and 11% of the fund is in the 4/15/25.
The 4/15/27 issue is the 7th largest holding in VTIP but the 17th largest in PBTP. And so forth.
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CUSIP Maturity PBTP STIP VTIP
912828UH1 1/15/23 5.68% 8.18% 6.71%
9128284H0 4/15/23 6.04% 8.19% 5.74%
912828VM9 7/15/23 5.64% 1.63% 6.48%
912828B25 1/15/24 5.56% 6.41% 6.17%
9128286N5 4/15/24 4.03% 3.26% 3.46%
912828WU0 7/15/24 5.46% 6.21% 5.57%
912828YL8 10/15/24 4.33% 5.65% 4.96%
912828H45 1/15/25 5.40% 5.58% 5.09%
912810FR4 1/15/25 4.88% 0.07% 3.64%
912828ZJ2 4/15/25 4.29% 10.81% 4.04%
912828XL9 7/15/25 5.44% 2.92% 5.60%
91282CAQ4 10/15/25 4.12% 5.17% 4.93%
912810FS2 1/15/26 3.29% 0.04% 2.36%
912828N71 1/15/26 5.59% 1.29% 4.74%
91282CCA7 4/15/26 4.68% 7.34% 3.79%
912828S50 7/15/26 4.72% 5.81% 4.66%
91282CDC2 10/15/26 4.31% 6.31% 5.25%
912810PS1 1/15/27 2.73% 0.04% 2.35%
912828V49 1/15/27 4.93% 4.69% 4.36%
91282CEJ6 4/15/27 4.26% 6.91% 5.33%
9128282L3 7/15/27 4.63% 3.50% 4.81%
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Re: VTAPX holdings vs. my TIPS holdings1
Thanks for sharing this.vineviz wrote: ↑Fri Sep 23, 2022 1:11 pmI just did a quick comparison of the three short-term TIPS index funds tracking the 0-5 years index and their composition seems to vary, sometimes notably.Kevin M wrote: ↑Fri Sep 23, 2022 12:00 pm The fund holds every maturity from 1/15/22 to 7/15/27. The largest holding is the shortest-term TIPS, the Jan 2023. Holdings generally decrease as maturity increases. Except for 2027, they hold less Apr than Jan or Jul in each maturity year. Since this is an index fund, I assume the holdings are related to the amount outstanding for each maturity. Anyone want to check that?
Invesco PureBeta 0-5 Yr US TIPS ETF (PBTP)
Vanguard Short-Term Infl-Prot Secs ETF (VTIP)
iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF (STIP)
For instance, both PBTP and VTIP own about the same weight (roughly 4% of the fund) of the 1/15/25 and 4/15/25 TIPS but STIP owns virtually none of the 1/15/25 issue and 11% of the fund is in the 4/15/25.
The 4/15/27 issue is the 7th largest holding in VTIP but the 17th largest in PBTP. And so forth.
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CUSIP Maturity PBTP STIP VTIP 912828UH1 1/15/23 5.68% 8.18% 6.71% 9128284H0 4/15/23 6.04% 8.19% 5.74% 912828VM9 7/15/23 5.64% 1.63% 6.48% 912828B25 1/15/24 5.56% 6.41% 6.17% 9128286N5 4/15/24 4.03% 3.26% 3.46% 912828WU0 7/15/24 5.46% 6.21% 5.57% 912828YL8 10/15/24 4.33% 5.65% 4.96% 912828H45 1/15/25 5.40% 5.58% 5.09% 912810FR4 1/15/25 4.88% 0.07% 3.64% 912828ZJ2 4/15/25 4.29% 10.81% 4.04% 912828XL9 7/15/25 5.44% 2.92% 5.60% 91282CAQ4 10/15/25 4.12% 5.17% 4.93% 912810FS2 1/15/26 3.29% 0.04% 2.36% 912828N71 1/15/26 5.59% 1.29% 4.74% 91282CCA7 4/15/26 4.68% 7.34% 3.79% 912828S50 7/15/26 4.72% 5.81% 4.66% 91282CDC2 10/15/26 4.31% 6.31% 5.25% 912810PS1 1/15/27 2.73% 0.04% 2.35% 912828V49 1/15/27 4.93% 4.69% 4.36% 91282CEJ6 4/15/27 4.26% 6.91% 5.33% 9128282L3 7/15/27 4.63% 3.50% 4.81%
VTIP is the ETF share class of VTAPX, so its holdings are identical to what I shared. The benchmark for these funds is Bloomberg U.S. 0-5 Year Treasury Inflation Protected Securities Index.
STIP benchmark index is Bloomberg U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) 0-5 Years Index (Series-L), symbol LTP5TRUU.
Perhaps as long as a fund tracks its index pretty well, the fund managers don't try to replicate the index weights by maturity. I have not yet found the weightings for the index.
Kevin
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Re: Trading Treasuries (nominal and TIPS)
(I think you mean the spreadsheet PRICE function, not YIELD.) Your math is correct, Kevin, but that's not how initial Treasury auctions work. (2-year notes only have initial auctions; no re-openings.) Unless the yield falls below 0.125%, the price will always be at or slightly below par. The yield is set by the auction and then the coupon is set to be at or below the yield in 1/8% increments. For instance, in last month's 2-year auction the yield was 3.307%. The coupon was therefore set to 3.25%. This made the priceKevin M wrote: ↑Fri Sep 23, 2022 12:59 pmYes. At that coupon and yield, price would be 100.04, calculated using spreadsheet YIELD function.Chip Munk wrote: ↑Thu Sep 22, 2022 8:04 pmLooking over the Treasury Auction listings at Fidelity just now, they list the 2-year Note [to be auctioned 9/26/2022] with an expected coupon of 4.125% and an expected yield of 4.105% (earlier in the day it was even lower, 4.098%). Does that mean that they expect the auction price of this Note to be above $100?
99.890561 = PRICE(DATE(2022,8,31), DATE(2024,8,31), 3.25%, 3.307%, 100, 2, 1)
For my Consistent Yield & Duration to Help Choose TIPS Fund thread (last update here), I just use the market value of TIPS issued at every auction. I last updated this 7/29/2022 on column K of the Weight sheet of my YTM / Duration Calculator Excel workbook. I plan to update this as of 9/30/2022 the end of next week. I wouldn't be surprised if the official index differs somewhat from what I use. (Perhaps it excludes TIPS held by the Fed. Or perhaps the Treasury buys back some TIPS before maturity.) But in this November 2014 post I compared the Vanguard short term TIPS fund holdings to the index as I calculate it and it matched up pretty closely.
Re: Trading Treasuries (nominal and TIPS)
Yes, PRICE, of course. Thanks for the explanation.#Cruncher wrote: ↑Fri Sep 23, 2022 4:35 pm(I think you mean the spreadsheet PRICE function, not YIELD.) Your math is correct, Kevin, but that's not how initial Treasury auctions work. (2-year notes only have initial auctions; no re-openings.) Unless the yield falls below 0.125%, the price will always be at or slightly below par. The yield is set by the auction and then the coupon is set to be at or below the yield in 1/8% increments. For instance, in last month's 2-year auction the yield was 3.307%. The coupon was therefore set to 3.25%. This made the priceKevin M wrote: ↑Fri Sep 23, 2022 12:59 pmYes. At that coupon and yield, price would be 100.04, calculated using spreadsheet YIELD function.Chip Munk wrote: ↑Thu Sep 22, 2022 8:04 pmLooking over the Treasury Auction listings at Fidelity just now, they list the 2-year Note [to be auctioned 9/26/2022] with an expected coupon of 4.125% and an expected yield of 4.105% (earlier in the day it was even lower, 4.098%). Does that mean that they expect the auction price of this Note to be above $100?
99.890561 = PRICE(DATE(2022,8,31), DATE(2024,8,31), 3.25%, 3.307%, 100, 2, 1)
Thanks. I'll check it out.#Cruncher wrote: ↑Fri Sep 23, 2022 4:35 pmFor my Consistent Yield & Duration to Help Choose TIPS Fund thread (last update here), I just use the market value of TIPS issued at every auction. I last updated this 7/29/2022 on column K of the Weight sheet of my YTM / Duration Calculator Excel workbook. I plan to update this as of 9/30/2022 the end of next week. I wouldn't be surprised if the official index differs somewhat from what I use. (Perhaps it excludes TIPS held by the Fed. Or perhaps the Treasury buys back some TIPS before maturity.) But in this November 2014 post I compared the Vanguard short term TIPS fund holdings to the index as I calculate it and it matched up pretty closely.
I did see a note when looking at one of the index descriptions about not including TIPS held by the government, or something like that, but I haven't been able to find the weights in the 0-5 Bloomberg TIPS index.
I also recall seeing a Treasury web page where the % ownership of TIPS was shown, and it was quite large for some issues--like 60%, but based on the column header, I'm not exactly sure what that is a percentage of; I assumed it was % of outstanding amount.
Kevin
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Re: Trading Treasuries (nominal and TIPS)
Here is a chart comparing the #Cruncher weights (Weight %) for 1/15/27 to 7/15/27 (fund holdings) to VTAPX weights:Kevin M wrote: ↑Fri Sep 23, 2022 5:37 pmThanks. I'll check it out.#Cruncher wrote: ↑Fri Sep 23, 2022 4:35 pmFor my Consistent Yield & Duration to Help Choose TIPS Fund thread (last update here), I just use the market value of TIPS issued at every auction. I last updated this 7/29/2022 on column K of the Weight sheet of my YTM / Duration Calculator Excel workbook. I plan to update this as of 9/30/2022 the end of next week. I wouldn't be surprised if the official index differs somewhat from what I use. (Perhaps it excludes TIPS held by the Fed. Or perhaps the Treasury buys back some TIPS before maturity.) But in this November 2014 post I compared the Vanguard short term TIPS fund holdings to the index as I calculate it and it matched up pretty closely.
Not perfect, but not bad. Here it is in tabular form:
Kevin
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Re: Trading Treasuries (nominal and TIPS)
Very interesting. Thank you both for responding. And thank you #Cruncher for the links to the Treasury Offering Announcement for that 2-year Note, the spreadsheet functions, and the example showing how to use the PRICE function.#Cruncher wrote: ↑Fri Sep 23, 2022 4:35 pm(I think you mean the spreadsheet PRICE function, not YIELD.) Your math is correct, Kevin, but that's not how initial Treasury auctions work. (2-year notes only have initial auctions; no re-openings.) Unless the yield falls below 0.125%, the price will always be at or slightly below par. The yield is set by the auction and then the coupon is set to be at or below the yield in 1/8% increments. For instance, in last month's 2-year auction the yield was 3.307%. The coupon was therefore set to 3.25%. This made the priceKevin M wrote: ↑Fri Sep 23, 2022 12:59 pmYes. At that coupon and yield, price would be 100.04, calculated using spreadsheet YIELD function.Chip Munk wrote: ↑Thu Sep 22, 2022 8:04 pmLooking over the Treasury Auction listings at Fidelity just now, they list the 2-year Note [to be auctioned 9/26/2022] with an expected coupon of 4.125% and an expected yield of 4.105% (earlier in the day it was even lower, 4.098%). Does that mean that they expect the auction price of this Note to be above $100?
99.890561 = PRICE(DATE(2022,8,31), DATE(2024,8,31), 3.25%, 3.307%, 100, 2, 1)
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Re: VTAPX holdings vs. my TIPS holdings1
In a previous thread I mentioned that I don't consider reinvestment risk as a negative in my decision making since it can go either way, win or lose.
That is postulated on my belief that I can't second-guess what things will look like in the future.
However, if you believe that inflation will be back down to about 2% in a few years and will stay low (and I assume interest rates as well if you are correct), given that TIPS yields were much lower (mostly negative) when inflation was under control in recent years than now, wouldn't that make you think about spreading your TIPS out over longer maturities as well? This could be a relatively unique buying opportunity with YTMs around 1.5%. When your bonds mature in 2024 or 2025 you may not have the ability to reinvest at real YTMs as high as they are now.
Or am I missing something? I have a feeling I might be. Maybe I am generalizing about the effect of inflation rate on TIPS yields due to recency bias.
Is it because you think that investing in nominal Treasuries at longer maturities hovering now around 4% YTM will outperform TIPS in the long run (2% inflation plus current TIPS YTMs around 1.5% only equals 3.5% total)? So are you buying much longer term nominal Treasuries?
Re: VTAPX holdings vs. my TIPS holdings1
That's true for EVERY risk.protagonist wrote: ↑Sat Sep 24, 2022 6:01 pm In a previous thread I mentioned that I don't consider reinvestment risk as a negative in my decision making since it can go either way, win or lose.
Ignoring a risk doesn't usually make it go away.
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