Treasury inflation-protected securities, or TIPS

 But like other bonds, higher interest rates dent their worth: 

As the Federal Reserve aggressively raised rates last year, the Bloomberg TIPS index declined 12%, the worst performance in its 25-year history.

Eric Wallerstein WSJ 9 March 2023

https://www.wsj.com/articles/inflation-protection-funds-struggle-to-perform-as-advertised-17e8c73c


Why Are My Inflation-Protected Bonds Falling When Inflation Is So High?

If TIPS can lose market value during high inflation, what are they good for?

Matt Grossman WSJ 8 October 2022

https://englundmacro.blogspot.com/2022/10/why-are-my-inflation-protected-bonds.html


TIPS are the single best source of inflation protection, but

Unfortunately they are expensive, with 10-year TIPS paying 0.9% below inflation. 

WSJ 11 May 2021

https://englundmacro.blogspot.com/2021/05/tips-are-single-best-source-of.html


Varning för realräntefonder

Värst är realräntefonderna, som ger förlust långsiktigt oavsett hur hög inflationen blir.

Jonas Lindmark Morningstar 2019-08-15

https://englundmacro.blogspot.com/2022/08/inflation-linked-index-falls-most-this.html




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