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10-Year TIPS: An Investor's Benchmark

I decided to diversify a portion of my IRA into TIPS last year. I purchased the SPDR TIP ETF (symbol IPE) in early October 2007.

There's an old saying that "I'd rather be lucky than smart". I guess I'll have to agree in this case. As you can see from the chart posted in this article TIPS have been a FANTASTIC investment over the past 12 months, especially considering that almost everything else I hold has been going down (except commodities).