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wabmester · 08-13-2006, 02:39 PM

You don't pay any commission or spread to purchase TIPS from the treasury, and if you hold to maturity, then there's no selling cost.

You're paying Vanguard 0.2% a year, so over 10 years (1.002^10), you're paying a little over 2%.

08-13-2006, 02:39 PM	#2
wabmester Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 4,461	You don't pay any commission or spread to purchase TIPS from the treasury, and if you hold to maturity, then there's no selling cost. You're paying Vanguard 0.2% a year, so over 10 years (1.002^10), you're paying a little over 2%.