But not the obvious one a position in the inflation-indexed Treasuries called tips.
Short-term Treasurys and tips offer tiny yields, and long-term Treasurys will get murdered if inflation and interest rates climb.
On the Bogleheads forum, posters recommend diversifying bond holdings between safe traditional treasury bonds and treasury inflation protected securities (TIPs) so placing 25% of the portfolio in Intermediate Term Treasury Bond funds and 25% in Inflation Protected Securities fund is an excellent way to begin.
Or, more accurately, its whopping great red book, since Henry Eliot and Matt Lloyd-Rose's cloth-bound, illustrated treasury of London-related data, tips, impressions, recommendations, instructions, injunctions, reminiscences, myths, lists, plans, flow charts and much else besides runs to more than 450 tactile paper pages.
I fear that when inflation resumes the rise in interest rates will damage tips along with straight Treasuries.
tips have underperformed regular Treasurys since they were introduced in 1997, and that pattern should continue.
A spread is also wide between the TIPs and the regular Treasurys.
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The Fed has tipped its hand by laying out which Treasuries it intends to buy and when, giving the bond houses an edge.
