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Martin Howard	Bonds look good now.	Love	November 07, 2009
etourtel	Inflation is coming	Love	October 27, 2009
Martin Howard	2%	Love	October 21, 2009
barrons3	"In the corporate-bond space and junk-bond space, yields are still above historic highs," says Scott Burns, director of ETF research at Morningstar. Treasuries look pricey, he says, but Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities, or TIPS, make a good portfolio hedge right now. You can play this segment via the iShares Barclays TIPS Bond ETF (TIP).	Love	October 17, 2009
Stockpickr Staff	"While other ETF issuers are rushing to bring new inflation-protection products to the market, iShares' TIP is still an industry standard." <a href="http://www.thestreet.com/story/10604925/1/10-best-etfs-part-2.html" target="_blank">Read more here.</a>	Love	September 30, 2009
barrons3	Tips are still good, because they protect bond investors from what they fear most: inflation. Investors can play TIPS through the Vanguard Inflation-Protected Securities fund (VIPSX), or an exchange-traded fund, the iShares Barclays US Treasury Inflation Protected Securities fund (TIP).	Love	May 16, 2009
keith09	great hedge for inflation	Love	January 19, 2009
barrons3	My next pick is Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities, or TIPS. Here's an example of deleveraging at work. Theoretically TIPS should have performed like Treasury bonds. Instead they went down in price while Treasuries have been going up. TIPS now sport real yields of 2.5% in an economy that is growing nowhere close to that. And that's before you tack on the inflation kicker. [The principal of a TIPS increases with inflation and decreases with deflation, as defined by the consumer-price index. TIPS also pay interest twice a year, at a fixed rate applied to the adjusted principal.] When an economy deleverages, almost every asset goes down. As Abby discussed this morning, hedge funds, levered institutions, sold what they could when they had to raise funds. TIPS were the most liquid thing in many levered portfolios, and the hedge funds have been spitting them out billions of dollars at a time. Yet, the potential for inflation five to 10 years from now is high. You can buy TIPS via the iShares Barclays TIPS Bond ETF [exchange-traded fund].	Love	January 17, 2009
barrons2	And if you want a more direct play on inflation Karen Finerman has two suggestions. “Get long iShares Lehman TIPS Bond fund (TIP) or short the 30-year bond,” she says.	Love	July 09, 2008
William D. Shelley	Hedge	Love	July 04, 2008
TA79Bandit	Income	Love	March 03, 2008
TA79Bandit	Income	Love	March 03, 2008
barrons2	Karen Finerman likes Wal-Mart (WMT) and iShares Lehman TIPS Bond (TIP).	Love	December 19, 2007
pparadisis	Treasury Inflation Protection Securities holding.	Love	December 14, 2007
walsar	inflation protection	Love	November 16, 2007
paul simenauer	Long US interest rates.	Love	October 29, 2007
ryanmichelking	Inflation Protected Bond Exposure	Love	August 01, 2007
Jeanne Elledge	FOR COUNTER BALANCE	Love	June 16, 2007
Jeanne Elledge	FOR COUNTER BALANCE	Love	June 16, 2007
Vaughan W Daniel	Minimal increase @ 0.6%	Hate	May 18, 2007
jchees	inflation protection	Love	March 25, 2007
JOHNNY GALT	fixed income	Love	February 23, 2007
Brian Woods	Protection against market downturn	Love	January 05, 2007