iShares Lehman TIPS Bond (ETF) (TIP)

TMFBigFrog (77.49) Submitted: 8/31/06 5:10 AM : Start Price: $100.71 TIP Score: -23.75

It's almost cheating the CAPS system to pick underperform on this one for the long-haul. It's an exchange traded fund that holds Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS).

In a nutshell -- if the stock market can't outperform TIPS over the long...

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NetscribeETF (53.57) Submitted: 2/05/07 8:15 AM : Start Price: $98.23 TIP Score: -33.59

If one is concerned about inflation, investing in iShares Lehman TIPS Fund (TIP) can be a wise decision. The fund offer something that investors can't get from other treasury securities i.e. protection against inflation. Though, the ETF providers are...

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TMFInvertirmenor (29.71) Submitted: 9/11/06 9:36 PM : Start Price: $99.53 TIP Score: -24.35

Stole from Chuck.

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FutureHFGuy (29.78) Submitted: 9/20/06 5:13 AM : Start Price: $99.57 TIP Score: -25.71

Stole from Mike (Invertriminor) who stole from Chuck (TMFBigFrog) :-)

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SleazyD (< 20) Submitted: 4/28/08 8:50 AM : Start Price: $105.56 TIP Score: -24.06

It's a bond fund. Long term, it will not outperform the S&P short of some very drastic problems in the US economy.

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pkt005a (61.20) Submitted: 11/01/07 9:27 AM : Start Price: $101.22 TIP Score: -34.51

Bond Fund, Easy Call

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xdogg (< 20) Submitted: 8/22/07 3:07 PM : Start Price: $99.91 TIP Score: -32.43

Can't see this outperforming the S&P.

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LeoFender (< 20) Submitted: 7/26/07 11:00 AM : Start Price: $99.51 TIP Score: -34.48

This one I simply don't understand. Conventional wisdom. Bonds = Income / Stocks = Protection against inflation. The stock market is the ultimate inflation fighter.





TIPS are basically bonds with an insurance rider. In a...

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bcwengerter (< 20) Submitted: 6/17/07 2:48 PM : Start Price: $97.25 TIP Score: -38.54

Throughout the yield scare that recently roiled the market, the major indexes never fell that far from their heights. A bond ETF might be nice to hold for its yield, but I doubt the performance of its market price will exceed that of the SPY.

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srothstein (< 20) Submitted: 5/09/08 4:09 PM : Start Price: $107.05 TIP Score: 22.43

Treasury ETF

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