Less than 10 years?I understand that perspective but, on the other hand, aren't equities a better inflation hedge over long periods? Perhaps the sweet spot for TIPS is 10 years? Maybe a bit less?Apologize if I'm asking a question that has been answered in this thread previously. I'm interested in adding more inflation protection to my fixed income portfolio. Historically, I built out 10 year bond ladders. However, going forward I'm thinking about simplyfing down to a few bond ETF's from Vanguard.
For the inflation component, there is VTIP. HOwever, given it's duration of 2.6 years, that doesn't seem like that would make that much of a difference. Doesn't one want inflation protection on the longer-term bonds instead? Am I thinking about this wrong?
Equities are not guaranteed to beat inflation over 10 years.
2000-2009 US stocks lost badly to inflation, exhibited negative real returns, losing -24% in inflation adjusted terms.
TIPS over that same period gave you +46% in inflation-adjusted terms.
https://www.portfoliovisualizer.com/bac ... BAFALbSSnk
Holding TIPS absolutely smoked US stocks during the Lost Decade.
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