Here’s How To Buy TIPS Bonds And TIPS ETFs
You’re sold on the idea of adding cost-of-living protection to some or all of your bond portfolio. You’re going to invest in Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities. You know that now is a particularly good time to buy, since the yield on TIPS due in 2056 is 2.7%, close to as high as it has ever been. […]
How To Protect Your Bonds From An Inflation Comeback
If fiscal theory is right, even bigger federal deficits under President Trump could reignite inflation. It’s a good time to buy TIPS. By William Baldwin, Senior Contributor What drives inflation? Too much money, say the monetarists. When growth in the money supply exceeds growth in output, Milton Friedman declared, prices go up. That’s not quite […]