DaveyH

Where's the 'Protection' in TIPS? Better to Go with Silver and Gold

Thusfar the insurance aspect of TIPs has not been explored. Consider that a certain part of the cost of TIPs is esentially a premium paid to protect against catastrophic inflation, perhaps engineered by the Fed to save the mortgage market, Fannie, Freddie, etc. Then TIPs in the portfolio would become the salvation of retirees living on interest income.

An Historic Look At the Gold/Dollar Ratio

It would be instructive to see US Treasury rates (10 or 30 Year) plotted as well on the dollar index vs gold chart.