Treasury bill · Matured

912796BQ1

Original term
26-Week
Maturity
Dec 19, 2013
Coupon
Pays
None
Dated
First coupon
Priced through
Dec 18, 2013
Analyzed through
Dec 17, 2013

Still priced, no longer analyzed. Risk numbers below are as of Dec 17, 2013, analytics stop about three months before maturity, because a security with one cashflow left does not have a meaningful yield curve exposure.

Risk, December 17, 2013

Yield to maturity
0.020%
Modified duration
0.003 yr
DV01
0.0000
Convexity
0.000
Dirty price
100.000

Where its rate sensitivity sits

All of it in one place. A bill pays a single cashflow at maturity, so its key rate profile is its modified duration of 0.003 years, sitting in the nearest bucket and nothing anywhere else. That is also why its duration equals its remaining term rather than being shorter: there are no coupons to pull the average payment date forward. A twelve-bucket chart of that would be eleven empty bars.

Against the money market curve

Priced 0.02 cents per 100 of face rich to the curve on that day.

Shown as a price rather than a yield. This bill is 2 days from redemption, and inside a month the difference between its price and the curve annualizes into a number that looks like an enormous mispricing rather than the fraction of a cent it is: worst case across eighteen years, 1,435 basis points on a residual of four cents. Its yield above is unaffected and stands: a bill quotes on an investment-rate basis, which is the market's own convention rather than an annualized stub.

Yield to maturity, 124 observations

0.00%0.05%0.10%0.15%0.20%Jun 20, 2013Dec 17, 2013Jun 20, 2013Yield to maturity0.091%Jun 25, 2013Yield to maturity0.101%Jun 28, 2013Yield to maturity0.091%Jul 3, 2013Yield to maturity0.071%Jul 9, 2013Yield to maturity0.071%Jul 12, 2013Yield to maturity0.061%Jul 17, 2013Yield to maturity0.051%Jul 22, 2013Yield to maturity0.041%Jul 25, 2013Yield to maturity0.051%Jul 30, 2013Yield to maturity0.051%Aug 2, 2013Yield to maturity0.051%Aug 7, 2013Yield to maturity0.061%Aug 12, 2013Yield to maturity0.061%Aug 15, 2013Yield to maturity0.051%Aug 20, 2013Yield to maturity0.041%Aug 23, 2013Yield to maturity0.030%Aug 28, 2013Yield to maturity0.030%Sep 3, 2013Yield to maturity0.030%Sep 6, 2013Yield to maturity0.030%Sep 11, 2013Yield to maturity0.020%Sep 16, 2013Yield to maturity0.010%Sep 19, 2013Yield to maturity0.010%Sep 24, 2013Yield to maturity0.010%Sep 27, 2013Yield to maturity0.010%Oct 2, 2013Yield to maturity0.020%Oct 7, 2013Yield to maturity0.041%Oct 10, 2013Yield to maturity0.122%Oct 16, 2013Yield to maturity0.071%Oct 21, 2013Yield to maturity0.030%Oct 24, 2013Yield to maturity0.020%Oct 29, 2013Yield to maturity0.051%Nov 1, 2013Yield to maturity0.030%Nov 6, 2013Yield to maturity0.030%Nov 12, 2013Yield to maturity0.041%Nov 15, 2013Yield to maturity0.051%Nov 20, 2013Yield to maturity0.061%Nov 25, 2013Yield to maturity0.030%Nov 29, 2013Yield to maturity0.020%Dec 4, 2013Yield to maturity0.010%Dec 9, 2013Yield to maturity0.030%Dec 12, 2013Yield to maturity0.010%Dec 17, 2013Yield to maturity0.020%

Price history

125 trading days to Dec 18, 2013

99.9599.9699.9799.9899.99100.00Jun 20, 2013Dec 18, 2013Jun 20, 2013Close99.955Jun 25, 2013Close99.951Jun 28, 2013Close99.957Jul 3, 2013Close99.968Jul 9, 2013Close99.969Jul 12, 2013Close99.974Jul 17, 2013Close99.979Jul 22, 2013Close99.983Jul 25, 2013Close99.980Jul 30, 2013Close99.980Aug 2, 2013Close99.981Aug 7, 2013Close99.978Aug 12, 2013Close99.979Aug 15, 2013Close99.983Aug 20, 2013Close99.987Aug 23, 2013Close99.990Aug 28, 2013Close99.991Sep 3, 2013Close99.991Sep 6, 2013Close99.992Sep 11, 2013Close99.995Sep 16, 2013Close99.997Sep 19, 2013Close99.998Sep 24, 2013Close99.998Sep 27, 2013Close99.998Oct 2, 2013Close99.996Oct 7, 2013Close99.992Oct 10, 2013Close99.977Oct 16, 2013Close99.988Oct 21, 2013Close99.995Oct 24, 2013Close99.997Oct 29, 2013Close99.993Nov 1, 2013Close99.996Nov 6, 2013Close99.996Nov 12, 2013Close99.996Nov 15, 2013Close99.996Nov 20, 2013Close99.995Nov 25, 2013Close99.998Nov 29, 2013Close99.999Dec 4, 2013Close100.000Dec 9, 2013Close99.999Dec 12, 2013Close100.000Dec 17, 2013Close100.000Dec 18, 2013Close100.000
The most recent 20 trading days of prices for 912796BQ1.
DateBidOfferClose
Dec 18, 2013100.000100.000
Dec 17, 2013100.000100.000
Dec 16, 2013100.000100.000
Dec 13, 2013100.000100.000
Dec 12, 2013100.000100.000100.000
Dec 11, 2013100.000100.000100.000
Dec 10, 201399.99999.99999.999
Dec 9, 201399.99999.99999.999
Dec 6, 201399.99999.99999.999
Dec 5, 201399.99999.999100.000
Dec 4, 2013100.000100.000100.000
Dec 3, 201399.99999.999100.000
Dec 2, 201399.99999.999100.000
Nov 29, 201399.99999.99999.999
Nov 27, 201399.99899.99899.999
Nov 26, 201399.99899.99799.998
Nov 25, 201399.99899.99899.998
Nov 22, 201399.99999.99999.999
Nov 21, 201399.99899.99899.999
Nov 20, 201399.99699.99599.995

Prices are per 100 of face, from Treasury's own end-of-day file. A dash in the bid or offer column means none was posted that day.

3 auctions

A CUSIP can be auctioned more than once: Treasury reopens an existing security rather than issuing a new one, so the same bond is sold again at whatever yield the market then wants.

Auction history for 912796BQ1.
Auction dateIssuedTypeOfferedAcceptedBid to coverHigh yield
Jun 17, 2013Jun 20, 2013New issue$25.0bn$25.0bn4.78x
Sep 16, 2013Sep 19, 2013Reopening$30.0bn$30.0bn4.34x
Nov 19, 2013Nov 21, 2013Reopening$45.0bn$45.0bn3.86x

The curve this was priced against →

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