Question About My 30 Yr Treasuries

[Reub]

I noticed that TLT was up 2.04% today yet my own 30 yr treasuries seem to have risen about 1.3%. As an example, I have a 30 yr with a price of $100.344 that rose $1.33 today. Why the discrepancy?

[Tortoise]

I noticed that TLT was up 2.04% today yet my own 30 yr treasuries seem to have risen about 1.3%. As an example, I have a 30 yr with a price of $100.344 that rose $1.33 today. Why the discrepancy?

Sounds like your displayed bond price is delayed by a day. $1.33 was the previous day's gain (calculated price based on the yield change from 3.055% on 4/3/2013 to 2.987% on 4/4/2013). Check the price again on the next trading day and my guess is that you'll probably see today's ~2.5% gain on your 30-year bond.

[Reub]

Thank you, Tortoise. The bond price was delayed one day and I had a 2.45% increase.

[dualstow]

Thank you, Tortoise. The bond price was delayed one day and I had a 2.45% increase.

Someone posted a helpful code -- was that melvey? fnord? -- that definitely shows updates faster than what I see in my brokerage houses, for those of us who can't wait for the monthly statements after an up day.

So in google drive, you can have spreadsheet cell with the formula
=index(ImportHtml("http://fixedincome.fidelity.com/fi/FIBo ... &$A24,1,10),5,2)

while cell A24 contains the CUSIP. Very useful indeed.

I just noticed that you could also paste that same code with the cusip after the equals sign into your browser's address bar instead of a spreadsheet. e.g. https://fixedincome.fidelity.com/ftgw/f ... =912810QU5
and skip everything else to the right of the equals sign.

[melveyr]

Thank you, Tortoise. The bond price was delayed one day and I had a 2.45% increase.

Someone posted a helpful code -- was that melvey? fnord? -- that definitely shows updates faster than what I see in my brokerage houses, for those of us who can't wait for the monthly statements after an up day.

So in google drive, you can have spreadsheet cell with the formula
=index(ImportHtml("http://fixedincome.fidelity.com/fi/FIBo ... &$A24,1,10),5,2)

while cell A24 contains the CUSIP. Very useful indeed.

I just noticed that you could also paste that same code with the cusip after the equals sign into your browser's address bar instead of a spreadsheet. e.g. https://fixedincome.fidelity.com/ftgw/f ... =912810QU5
and skip everything else to the right of the equals sign.

Yes, another similar function for gold is =Index(ImportHTML("http://apmex.com/","table",7),2,2)

With these two functions, it makes it easy to track a Kosher PP (no GLD or TLT  ).