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FinallyRetired · 02-24-2009, 05:26 PM

I have a lump of money in TIAA Traditional that I'm taking interest only. I'm also concerned about future inflation, but the graph below does provide some comfort. It shows that even in the high inflation years of the early 1980s TIAA managed to stay significantly ahead of inflation. You can also see what brewer refers to, the smoothing out of TIAA returns vs inflation or the T-bond rates, though TIAA may have a bit of a lag. You can find this chart and other good information in a recent white paper TIAA published about their Traditional, which doesn't have a lot of transparency, here: http://www.tiaa-cref.org/pubs/pdf/ti...whitepaper.pdf

02-24-2009, 05:26 PM	#6
FinallyRetired Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Virginia, and Caribbean snowbirds in winter Posts: 1,275	I have a lump of money in TIAA Traditional that I'm taking interest only. I'm also concerned about future inflation, but the graph below does provide some comfort. It shows that even in the high inflation years of the early 1980s TIAA managed to stay significantly ahead of inflation. You can also see what brewer refers to, the smoothing out of TIAA returns vs inflation or the T-bond rates, though TIAA may have a bit of a lag. You can find this chart and other good information in a recent white paper TIAA published about their Traditional, which doesn't have a lot of transparency, here: http://www.tiaa-cref.org/pubs/pdf/ti...whitepaper.pdf __________________ When the wind changes, change tacks. The Retiree Formerly Known as SoonToRetire (TRFKASTR)