What did I do wrong?

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What did I do wrong?

Post by Matthew19 » Sun Dec 06, 2015 11:37 pm

I purchased 100K of treasury notes CUSIP 912828D64. It says I'm down $254. I know it has something to do with the coupon, but I don't understand how to account for that. .5% coupon in Aug and Feb.
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Re: What did I do wrong?

Post by MachineGhost » Mon Dec 07, 2015 12:34 am

Matthew19 wrote: I purchased 100K of treasury notes CUSIP 912828D64. It says I'm down $254. I know it has something to do with the coupon, but I don't understand how to account for that. .5% coupon in Aug and Feb.
Where did you buy it?  You may just be seeing secondary market flunctuations.  Yields are rising because of the expected Fed rate increase next week.
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Re: What did I do wrong?

Post by Matthew19 » Tue Dec 08, 2015 7:54 pm

Through Fidelity's bond desk
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Re: What did I do wrong?

Post by Mark Leavy » Tue Dec 08, 2015 8:26 pm

Matthew19 wrote: I purchased 100K of treasury notes CUSIP 912828D64. It says I'm down $254. I know it has something to do with the coupon, but I don't understand how to account for that. .5% coupon in Aug and Feb.
.5% of 100K is $500.  The last coupon was in August so you are 3 months into it (i.e. 25%).  So... $125 of your $254 is the coupon interest that you bought.  That will be made up to you in February.  The other $129 seems pretty reasonable for buy/sell spread on $100K and/or broker's fees.

In other words, I think you did just fine.  Not much to worry about.
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