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FIREdreamer · 07-03-2009, 11:38 AM

If taking any kind of risk is out of the question, I would go 100% with CDs personally. TIPS would be OK as long as you understand that their price and the income they throw off can fluctuate widly, even if they are riskless in theory. But, at her age and in her situation, I would not worry about inflation. Why take risk if you don't have to?

07-03-2009, 11:38 AM	#21
FIREdreamer Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 2,491	If taking any kind of risk is out of the question, I would go 100% with CDs personally. TIPS would be OK as long as you understand that their price and the income they throw off can fluctuate widly, even if they are riskless in theory. But, at her age and in her situation, I would not worry about inflation. Why take risk if you don't have to?