US Treasury sells $70B of 5 year notes at a high yield of 4.408%

  • High yield 4.408%
  • WI level at the time of the auction 4.399%
  • Tail +0.9 basis points vs Six-month average of 0.6 basis points
  • Bid to cover 2.28X vs average 2.33X
  • Directs 27.22% versus average of 21.4%
  • Indirects 59.25% versus average of 65.6%
  • Dealers 13.53% versus average of 12.9%

AUCTION GRADE D+

Tail below average, Bid to cover below average. Directs above average, Indirects below average.  Dealers above average (negative).  If I grade easy it is a C-, but not today. It is a D+

This article was written by Greg Michalowski at investinglive.com.

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