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At the expense of people with investments in fixed return assets (cash, bonds), and those whose income does not keep pace with inflation.
by voisin 5y ago
At the expense of people with investments in fixed return assets (cash, bonds), and those whose income does not keep pace with inflation.
- nradov 5y agoIf investors expect inflation to increase they can hedge that risk with TIPS. https://www.treasurydirect.gov/indiv/products/prod_tips_glance.htm https://www.treasurydirect.gov/indiv/products/prod_tips_glan...
- voisin 5y agoThese are adjusted based on CPI, which I think many intelligent observers believe to be a massively faulty metric for inflation.