2008-03-10minyanville.com

'TIPs are designed to provide protection against inflation. Investors can still earn money from TIPS with sub-zero rates because the principal rises with the CPI. TIPs pay interest twice a year at a fixed rate and that rate is applied to the adjusted principal; so, like the principal, interest payments rise with inflation and fall with deflation. '



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