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  • TIPS Strips, Redux [View article]
    "in times of uncertainty, people want to protect their future buying power -- which TIPS do very well."

    This presumes that the rate of inflation priced into the bonds return will actually match real inflation. The folks following shadowstats.com might find that point open to debate. The inflation figures used by gub'mint are always lower than real inflation and intentionally so.
    Nov 20 14:51 pm |Rating: 0 0
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