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How can TIPS have negative real yields?

In this Investopedia explainer about TIPS, it says: The yields on TIPS are often negative. This is because after taking into account the effects of inflation, the real yield is negative. For instance,...
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Risks of leveraged government bonds

Given that Treasury bills are theoretically assumed to be risk-free investments (not going into whether they really are or not), is there any reason anyone who is planning on keeping the bonds until ...
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Risk of bonds bought on the primary and the secondary markets respectively

Let's suppose investor 'A' buys $100,000 of US inflation-linked treasury bonds, and that investor 'B' buys $100,000 of an ETF that tracks the exact same type of TIPS. Let's suppose that, after ten ...
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Why is the price of a 1 year to maturity bond so high?

I am looking at the 2½% Index-linked Treasury Stock 2024 bond and I can't understand why its price is so high (£377). There is only a year left!
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Can I buy I-bonds with my tax refund, as a non-resident?

I want to own American I bonds, but I'm not a US citizen/resident so I don't have a SSN (I live in Canada). As such, I can't just create a TreasuryDirect account and buy I bonds there. Here's my plan: ...
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Can I deduct defaulted Treasury bonds from my taxes owed

I purchase a U.S. Treasury bond. If the government doesn't repay it, may I deduct the face value of the bond from my income tax payment?
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How does a rollover work with Bonds?

I understand how a rollover works with personal loans. An easy example would be a car. Someone wants to buy a new car, but they still have an outstanding balance on their current vehicle. So the ...
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How can Yield to Worst be close to Yield to Maturity on 10 Year Agency Bonds that are Continously Callable

For instance, this FFCB bond (3133EN4Q0). Right now, YtM and YtW are quoted to me (fidelity and schwab) as about 15 basis points (if I'm calculating basis points correctly: 5.83 versus 5.69). If YtW ...
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What's the real yield on this bond?

I've never bought bonds before and I'm looking into US Treasuries. The 3mo treasury below is described as having a ~4.9% yield. How is this number derived? To me, it looks like if I buy this note with ...
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Why aren't Treasury bill auction reopenings marked as reopenings on the Treasury Auction Schedule?

Let's consider on the 13-week bill whose auction date is Monday, March 13, 2023 on Treasury Tentative Auction Schedule. It's not marked as a reopening on the Treasury Tentative Auction Schedule (no R ...
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What part of the auction process for U.S. Treasuries makes it impossible to enroll in the auto-rollover feature after the initial order entry?

When trying to activate auto-rollover for an already purchased Treasury security on Schwab, I get the message: This security is ineligible for auto-rollover. Due to the nature of the auction process ...
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How should I structure Series I Savings Bond accounts and registrations for a family of 3?

I have bought the max 10k allowed for each of us, for a total of 30k. Right now, I have a separate account for myself and my wife, with the bond registration for ourself and the other person. My Name ...
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The interest rate of a (U.S. Treasury) "Floating Rate Note" (FRN)

I am having trouble to reproduce the calculation of the interest rate of a (U.S. Treasury) "Floating Rate Note" (FRN). Can you help me to find my error? The calculation is described here: ...
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Investing in US treasury bonds

I would like to put my money in the safe investment but I would like to earn more than regular savings account has to offer. But I would like to understand the mechanics of it for a regular investor. ...
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Why did SHY ETF only drop 5% YTD but IEF dropped 15% when yield curve is inverted

I don't understand the pricing of these two ETFs. I understand the effect of duration risk, thus, making IEF more volatile but this explanation would contradict with the inverting yield curve. In ...
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Why do government bonds prices fluctuate? [duplicate]

I've heard that bond yields go up if interest rates also go up, which to me makes sense for corporate bonds since if interest rates go up company prices could fall since people spend less and ...
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Accidentally bought I Savings Bond for $20,000 and TreasuryDirect hasn't credit extra money

Signed up for TreasuryDirect.gov and added myself and my spouse as registrants: Purchased 20,0000$ of I Savings Bond on 04/25/2022: I received an email next day saying below but still haven't ...
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Why does the yield on SHY (US treasury bond ETF) seem so bad?

With the US interest rate increasing so much lately, I am interested in putting some more of my money into US treasury bonds. I am looking at the SHY ETF on Fidelity, which is an ETF comprising short-...
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Does the yield spread between inflation-indexed bonds and regular bonds overestimate inflation expectations?

Inflation expectations can be determined from the yield spread between inflation-indexed bonds and non-inflation-indexed bonds. For example, US inflation expectations for the next 5 years can be ...
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Is the US market really expecting less than 3% yearly inflation over the next 5 years?

Several people in my family are fearful of upcoming high inflation, perhaps due to the relatively high US inflation figures reported in the last few months (8%+). They think that the US inflation rate ...
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Yield curve to price bonds

I am having a hard time finding books/materials that would teach yield curve pricing using real-world problems/examples I would like to understand if can I use the below treasury yield data (I believe ...
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I bonds interest calculation

Current I bond annualized rate is 6.89%. How much interest will accrue in the next 6 months on a $10,000 purchase. Note 6.89% is not what will be earned in a year since the next 6 months will have a ...
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How many series I savings bonds can you buy at 9.62%?

I know the cap is $10,000 but it looks like you can put $10,000 in for each family member. Can you also do it for an LLC or Trust fund?
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Can one buy I bonds within an HSA (Health Savings Account)?

I read: You can’t buy I bonds within an IRA or employer-sponsored savings plan, such as a 401(k) plan. You’ll need to buy I bonds with money that you didn’t save in these programs. Can one buy I ...
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1 year T-bill for buying a car in Europe

I live in Europe and I plan to buy a car exactly one year from now. I want to invest now approx. 32000 EUR in 1 year bonds to profit from the interest rate and to secure my money until I need it. My ...
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Why is the purchase of US I bond only possible for US citizens/residents and US civilian employees?

I read on https://www.treasurydirect.gov/indiv/research/indepth/ibonds/res_ibonds_ibuy.htm: Who may own an I bond? Individuals: Yes, if you have a Social Security Number and meet any one of these ...
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TreasuryDirect Reinvest T-Bills (Gap or no Gap)

When you set a T-Bill (say 3M) to reinvest on TreasuryDirect, will there be a one week gap when reinvesting (due to auction scheduling) or will you be fully vested for 2 years (get 2 year's worth of ...
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Can I convert interest income to capital gains by selling t-bills before maturity?

I've been buying 6-month treasury bills. The interest is taxed at maturity as interest income. If however it could be taxed as short-term capital gains, I could avoid paying any taxes on it because I ...
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Where are the prices of secondary market TIPS trades?

The primary market prices for Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) can be found on TreasuryDirect's Auction Results webpage. But where can I find the prices for secondary market trades? Does ...
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What is the correct formula for Bond Yield?

Taking an introductory investment course, was following up on bond yields. I thought the yield is calculated as follows (sorry for some reason LaTex formatting doesn't work - so inserting an image): ...
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How to buy I bond for child and spouse?

To purchase I bond I followed the steps below: Opened TreasuryDirect account using my SSN and other information. Purchased a I Bond under my registration. Created a new Primary Owner registration ...
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Need help understanding bond yield outliers

I was looking at bond yields on Fidelity and noticed a few outliers. The tables below show the 'Highest' and 'Median' yields. Note the outliers - Agency/GSE 10yr and Corp AAA 2yr - where the highest ...
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What type of account is used for individuals to trade government issued bonds directly with Treasury?

Here is my understanding - an account at a financial institution that allows an individual to trade corporate bonds is a brokerage account. Here is my question - an account held by an individual at ...
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Why is there a sell off of US bonds if interest rates in the US are currently rising?

My understanding is that as interest rates go up, the yield offered by bonds also increases (in response). If the yield of bond increases, then why are people selling bonds?
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Market risk for TIPs vs. I Bonds

Treasury Direct has a good comparison between TIPs and I Bonds: https://www.treasurydirect.gov/indiv/products/prod_tipsvsibonds.htm However, I want to make sure I understand when you can lose ...
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How Is There A Yield Curve For Treasuries?

Why would anyone buy a 1 yr T-Bill with a return of 1.25% when you get double that on a 30-year T-Bond? Where is the risk and/or liquidity premium coming from? There's a highly liquid, secondary ...
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How is price of 1 year Treasury Bills calculated on this chart?

The chart shows USD 0.85. I assume it is per USD 1000 face value T-Bill. What does this USD 0.85 mean?
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Why is the price of 10-year note different for the same yield?

Looking at the price of 10-year note (ZN) futures, I noticed that the price of ZN futures corresponding to ~1.70% yield was ~128 today but was ~131 in March 2021. Why is there such a huge difference ...
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What does it mean to say a market is governed by technicals

In an interview, Mohamed El-Erian had this to say about the current situation for global bond funds: I’m really glad I’m no longer managing fixed income bond funds because technicals rather than ...
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Why do we have *daily* series of T-bill yields?

I understand that each week the US Treasury issues new T-bills at different maturities (1-month, 3-months, 1-year, etc). As far as I understand, this issuance happens every Tuesday. After the auction, ...
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When the 5-Year Treasury Note's yield is up 10%, Which note exactly do they refer to?

The 5-year Treasury notes, for example, are issued multiple times during the year, everyone have its cusip number, when they say this note yield is up by 10%. Do they refer to the most recently ...
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What does the bond issuer/company do when the bond is oversubscribed?

I'm a beginner, I see sometimes in news that a company issue bonds (1 million total issuance), but they received 3 million requests, what will they do with the two million excess ?
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Compute coupon of treasuries

How do you compute coupon starting from yield and price? Since yield is coupon / par, which is 2 / 100 in this case, would it just be yield * price, 0.01906 * (102 + 1 / 32) with the data below? ...
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How often does the treasury department issue bonds and at what prices?

How often does the u.s treasury department issue bonds and at what prices? Does it issue bonds throughout the year with the same annual yield regardless of current bond prices in the bond market, as ...
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How can I interpret this bond chart?

I am looking into buying a bond on DeGiro. I am new to this platform and to buying bonds. From what I understand, bonds are usually issued in multiples of 1k and have a coupon rate that is paid to you ...
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Are U.S government bonds completely liquid?

In the event of a market downturn like 2008, could I liquidate them whenever I wanted to at good price on a retail stock broker?
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Question about the premium from selling bonds

Suppose I bought a $1000 ten-year treasury note (2031) with 4% yield. After one year, the yield decreased to 1%. If I sell it, how much premium will I get? Will I get (3% * 1000)? If the calculation ...
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How can I benefit as an individual investor in bonds, from increasing of bond yield?

I'm a beginner, What do I benefit as an individual investor in bonds, from bond yields increasing ? If I bought a 10 years treasury bond at the beginning of this year with a yield of 1 and then it ...
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How to buy United States 10-Year Bond and what is the code?

To trade a the Amazon stock, the code is AMZN. Is there a code for United States 10-Year Bond? Investment.com shows US10YT but there is no such code in the Interactive Trader platform.
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What’s the difference between inflation and inflation tax?

I get that people seem to be using the term inflation tax as a metaphor for understanding inflation, but it seems to be a bit more than that. We all know that inflation reduces the buying power of our ...
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