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Anyone considering buying at the 10 year tips auction next week?

Based on the yield of the current tips maturing in 2028, the yield next week should be between.50 and.60.

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I'm buying, just like always.
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Already have my order in. This completes a ten year ladder.
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As a follow up to my original question, will someone explain to me how the "break even " inflation rate is determined. I know determining the break even inflation rate should be simple, but for some reason I have trouble with the concept.

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auntie wrote: Sat Jan 13, 2018 7:53 pm I'm buying, just like always.
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antiqueman wrote: Sat Jan 13, 2018 7:56 pm As a follow up to my original question, will someone explain to me how the "break even " inflation rate is determined. I know determining the break even inflation rate should be simple, but for some reason I have trouble with the concept.

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The breakeven inflation rate is just the rate of inflation that would cause a nominal Treasury bond to have the same return as a TIPS of equal maturity. If the nominal bond is yielding 3% and the TIPS is yielding 0.5%, the breakeven inflation rate is 2.5% (nominal yield minus TIPS yield). If inflation is less than 2.5%, the nominal bond will have a higher return. If inflation is greater than 2.5%, the TIPS will have a higher return. (Whether one should care about which security will have a higher before purchasing is a different matter.)

Trying to figure anything else from the breakeven rate, such as using it as a measure of expected inflation, gets a little hairier.

I, too, already put my order in for the upcoming auction.
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antiqueman wrote: Sat Jan 13, 2018 7:44 pm Anyone considering buying at the 10 year tips auction next week?

Based on the yield of the current tips maturing in 2028, the yield next week should be between.50 and.60.
Fidelity's current YTW is 0.57% and that's usually a good estimate of the auction yield.
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The breakeven inflation rate is just the rate of inflation that would cause a nominal Treasury bond to have the same return as a TIPS of equal maturity. If the nominal bond is yielding 3% and the TIPS is yielding 0.5%, the breakeven inflation rate is 2.5% (nominal yield minus TIPS yield). If inflation is less than 2.5%, the nominal bond will have a higher return. If inflation is greater than 2.5%, the TIPS will have a higher return. (Whether one should care about which security will have a higher before purchasing is a different matter.)

Trying to figure anything else from the breakeven rate, such as using it as a measure of expected inflation, gets a little hairier.

I, too, already put my order in for the upcoming auction.


Thank you saltycaper. It appear then that the estimated breakeven rate is around 2 % presently.

I do not believe that inflation will be that low over the next ten years. It seems that a lot of things are becoming more expensive.

I do have another question. When the term "break even inflation rate " is used is that referring to the CPI . I am assume its not Chained CPI.
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antiqueman wrote: Sun Jan 14, 2018 1:27 pm
I do have another question. When the term "break even inflation rate " is used is that referring to the CPI . I am assume its not Chained CPI.
Yes, currently, the principal of a TIPS is adjusted by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), not the chained CPI-U (C-CPI-U). You can read more here:

Summary of Marketable Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities
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The 10-year break even inflation rate has been inching up and is indeed at 2% recently

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/T10YIE
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I am also building a 10 year ladder and will be placing an order next week.
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Thank you to all who replied.

Saltycaper, thank you for the CPI-U breakeven inflation rate information.
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The auction result just came in.

Coupon rate = 0.50%; Adjusted price per $100 = 99.536480

https://treasurydirect.gov/instit/annce ... 0118_1.pdf
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HueyLD wrote: Sun Jan 14, 2018 8:45 am Fidelity's current YTW is 0.57% and that's usually a good estimate of the auction yield.
Auction yield came in at 0.548%. A bit less than expected but I guess that's the price we pay for full deflation protection.
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MtnBiker wrote: Thu Jan 18, 2018 2:46 pm
HueyLD wrote: Sun Jan 14, 2018 8:45 am Fidelity's current YTW is 0.57% and that's usually a good estimate of the auction yield.
Auction yield came in at 0.548%. A bit less than expected but I guess that's the price we pay for full deflation protection.
What were you expecting? Yesterday's Treasury Real Yield Curve data indicated .53% for ten year term, so today's auction actually came in a bit higher.
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FIREchief wrote: Thu Jan 18, 2018 2:58 pm
MtnBiker wrote: Thu Jan 18, 2018 2:46 pm
HueyLD wrote: Sun Jan 14, 2018 8:45 am Fidelity's current YTW is 0.57% and that's usually a good estimate of the auction yield.
Auction yield came in at 0.548%. A bit less than expected but I guess that's the price we pay for full deflation protection.
What were you expecting? Yesterday's Treasury Real Yield Curve data indicated .53% for ten year term, so today's auction actually came in a bit higher.
As I write this, TIPS maturing 1/15/2028 with coupon of 1.75% is offered for purchase on the secondary market at a yield of 0.571%.
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MtnBiker wrote: Thu Jan 18, 2018 3:25 pm
FIREchief wrote: Thu Jan 18, 2018 2:58 pm
MtnBiker wrote: Thu Jan 18, 2018 2:46 pm
HueyLD wrote: Sun Jan 14, 2018 8:45 am Fidelity's current YTW is 0.57% and that's usually a good estimate of the auction yield.
Auction yield came in at 0.548%. A bit less than expected but I guess that's the price we pay for full deflation protection.
What were you expecting? Yesterday's Treasury Real Yield Curve data indicated .53% for ten year term, so today's auction actually came in a bit higher.
As I write this, TIPS maturing 1/15/2028 with coupon of 1.75% is offered for purchase on the secondary market at a yield of 0.571%.
Interesting. The ten year maturing 7/15/27 was last asking .531, so not sure why the 30 year with the higher coupon is yielding more. I thought it was lower earlier today when I checked, but I'm really not sure. This may be one of the those things that #Cruncher could explain.
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MtnBiker wrote: Thu Jan 18, 2018 3:25 pm
FIREchief wrote: Thu Jan 18, 2018 2:58 pm
MtnBiker wrote: Thu Jan 18, 2018 2:46 pm
HueyLD wrote: Sun Jan 14, 2018 8:45 am Fidelity's current YTW is 0.57% and that's usually a good estimate of the auction yield.
Auction yield came in at 0.548%. A bit less than expected but I guess that's the price we pay for full deflation protection.
What were you expecting? Yesterday's Treasury Real Yield Curve data indicated .53% for ten year term, so today's auction actually came in a bit higher.
As I write this, TIPS maturing 1/15/2028 with coupon of 1.75% is offered for purchase on the secondary market at a yield of 0.571%.
A seasoned TIP is worth less because the deflation put at maturity only sets a floor at original par, not your purchase price. Thus, such a TIP should have a higher yield than a new issue of the same term if there is accumulated positive inflation correction in the principal.
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