Category Archives: TIP

ETF Portfolio

Today I updated my portfolio allocations. Over the past few months I have sold a great chunk of my TIPs as well as some equities and some riskier bonds. My cash allocation is now at a whopping 56% of my total portfolio. It costs money to stay in cash because of the low interest rates [...]
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Will there be inflation in 2010?

Most economists are now wondering whether or not inflation will reappear as a result of the loose monetary policies adopted by governments across the world in 2010. A lot of very successful investors have also recently reiterated that they think it will. The argument is also compelling (it is even taught in my CFA curriculum) and has been supported by historical events. If enough investors act on this belief, prices will [...]
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Bond Sellof

I’m not sure if I have a good explanation for this, but bonds were sold off dramatically last week (even though we already knew that yields were getting too poor to support such prices). As it is near Christmas, I was attending too many schmooze parties hosted by service providers, clients, politicians and businessmen and missed the chance to offload the great portion of [...]
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