tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9920139.post507425710450857219..comments2023-06-29T04:59:28.740-07:00Comments on Kirk's Market Thoughts: Part 1 Gold: Five Investments for Higher InflationKirk Lindstromhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08907286927383718834noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9920139.post-7079223524042028232010-02-25T17:15:30.714-08:002010-02-25T17:15:30.714-08:00SILVER HAS ITS MERITS...IN THE WORSE CASE ECONOMY ...SILVER HAS ITS MERITS...IN THE WORSE CASE ECONOMY CONDITION OF HYPER INFLATION 1 OZ OF SILVER WOULD BUY A LOAF OF BREAD AND CHEESE RICHARDAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9920139.post-80863369968737087522010-02-17T06:51:53.882-08:002010-02-17T06:51:53.882-08:00Tom, Annual inflation rate in December 2008 was 0...Tom, Annual inflation rate in December 2008 was 0.1%.<br /><br />I recommended TIPS in funds in BOTH my newsletters for all of 2009.<br /><br />Vanguard's TIPS fund, <a href="http://kirklindstrom.com/Charts/MutualFunds/Vanguard_VIPSX.html" rel="nofollow">VIPSX</a>, gained 10.9% in 2009 while its total bond fund, <a href="http://home.netcom.com/%7Ekirklindstrom/Charts/VBMFX-Historical.html" Kirk Lindstromhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08907286927383718834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9920139.post-20901023041118168172010-02-16T19:16:14.449-08:002010-02-16T19:16:14.449-08:00kirk,
since you hold tips in a fund, wouldn't...kirk,<br /><br />since you hold tips in a fund, wouldn't it make more sense to wait and buy the shares when inflation is driving the yield up? that would decrease the nav, if you buy tips now won't you pay a higher nav while getting a lower yield? then when inflation kicks in the yield would rise but as mentioned the nav would drop. <br /><br />am i missing something?<br /><br />tom Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com