ISHARES TR U S TREAS INFLATION (TIP)

Average Rating:
Average % of Each Member's Holdings 17%
% of Financial Inst. Recommending This Investment 0%
Average Value of Each Member's Holdings $21,000.00
Average Member Age Who Own This Investment 54
Percentage Ownership - Male / Female 100% / 0%

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3/8/2010

The Way to Buy TIPS

REVIEWER: Tcon14

For TIPS this is the one. Inexpensive, owns only inflation-protected Treasuries, backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S.government.

Also, it is the preferable way to buy TIPS as I see it. Investors who buy individual bonds face a tax bill on inflation-adjustment. Not so here.
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9/22/2009

TIPS for Inflation Hedge

REVIEWER: bearhugger

Nothing fancy here,but an easy and low-cost way to access Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities
a/k/a TIPS.
The average duration is in a range of 3-3 1/2 years with flexibility. Very nice complement in a core portfolio to ETF's that track the Barclay's Aggregate Bond Index as this index excludes TIPS.
TIPS are an effective way to hedge inflation. Note that because TIPS have inflation adjustment, yields will fluctuate.
I feel it is must better to own TIPS in a fund like this rather than individual bond. Individual bond holders will face a tax bill on the inflation adjustment, which is a noncash event. Paying tax on phantom income. Who needs it. Not the case with this fund. Look into it.
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