- High yield of 2.375%
- WI at the time of the auction, 2.399%
- Tail -2.4 basis points versus six month average up +1.1 basis point
- Bid to cover 2.46X versus six month average of 2.32X
- Directs 16.42% (a measure of domestic demand) versus six month average of 17.3%
- Indirects 71.52% (a measure of international demand) versus six month average of 65.5%
- Dealers 12.06% (dealers tend to take the balance of supply and distribute) versus six month average of 17.2%
Grade: A
Highlights:
- Strong international demand that was well above the six month average (i.e. indirects)
- The strong international demand was evident in the -2.4 basis point tail. The six month average was +1.1 basis points
- The bid the cover was higher than the six month average
- The dealer takedown was lower than the six month average
- The only small negative was that the domestic demand (directs) was lower than the six month average.
Overall however a solid auction and certainly better than the three and 10 year auctions from Tuesday and Wednesday.
Rick Santelli also gave the auction an A grade (copy cat).