Early Retirement & Financial Independence Community - View Single Post - TIPS tip: nix the TIPs, they're worth zip.

mathjak107 · 05-13-2007, 10:49 AM

tips are used for income and are predictable as far as amount vs cpi . gold may or may not respond to anything but hyper inflation and actually costs you money to store it. it pays no interest and is highly volatile.

while gold may be considered an inflation hedge its no replacement for tips.

gold and tips may be an acceptable hedge in the right allocations.

05-13-2007, 10:49 AM	#3
mathjak107 Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 2,792	tips are used for income and are predictable as far as amount vs cpi . gold may or may not respond to anything but hyper inflation and actually costs you money to store it. it pays no interest and is highly volatile. while gold may be considered an inflation hedge its no replacement for tips. gold and tips may be an acceptable hedge in the right allocations.