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  • .5-Year TIPS Sold At Negative Yield For First Time

    10/25/2010 9:24:21 PM PDT · by Fpimentel · 12 replies
    Wall Street Journal ^ | OCTOBER 25, 2010 | Deborah Lynn Blumberg
    NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--The government sold five-year Treasury inflation protected securities Monday at a negative yield for the first time ever, a sign of investors' strong conviction that the Federal Reserve will buy more bonds, which could stoke inflation. The government sold $10 billion in previously sold five-year TIPS for negative 0.55% yield after selling them at a 0.550% yield when they were originally sold in April. Because the market expects inflation will be positive over the next five years though, the expected return for the five-year TIPS is still positive. Investors have been buying TIPS, which provide protection against...