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Do you understand bonds? Stocks get all the attention from the media. You hear about how the stock market does every day. Bonds are lucky to get a mention in one sentence. There are many books and websites about investing in the stock market. There are far fewer about investing in bonds. I often hear people say bonds are hard to understand. They shouldn't be. Come join me on a journey into the world of bonds. Let's explore together.

The first project of this website is a tutorial for Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS). Some of the articles were originally posted on my blog The Finance Buff. After I'm done with TIPS, I will start from bond basics and write everything an investor would want to know about bonds.

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More TIPS Auctions Announced PDF Print E-mail

The Treasury Department held its quarterly refunding meeting earlier this month. The policy statement released after the meeting announced they will add two more 10-year TIPS reopening auctions. Together with the 5-year and 30-year auctions, there will be total of ten auctions in a year. Except in June and December, there will be one TIPS auction every month.

I updated the auction schedule article with the new schedule.

 
Explore TIPS Published PDF Print E-mail

Over the last 12 months, I've been populating this web site with articles on TIPS. I put together everything I wrote on this web site about TIPS, together with some new materials, into a book Explore TIPS: A Practical Guide to Investing in Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities.

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30-Year TIPS Auction on Feb. 22, 2010 PDF Print E-mail

There will be an auction for a 30-year TIPS on Monday, Feb. 22, 2010. The official announcement will be published on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010.

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TIPS and Market Discount PDF Print E-mail

Market discount is the opposite to bond premium amortization. It's only an issue if you own individual TIPS in a taxable account. It's not an issue if you own individual TIPS in a tax deferred or tax free account. It's also not an issue if you own TIPS mutual funds or ETFs in a taxable account.

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