Comments on: Professionals scorn TIPS and CPI http://www.savings-bond-advisor.com/professionals-scorn-tips-and-cpi/ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:46:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Tom Adams http://www.savings-bond-advisor.com/professionals-scorn-tips-and-cpi/#comment-23350 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:03:29 +0000 http://www.savings-bond-advisor.com/professionals-scorn-tips-and-cpi/#comment-23350 All - There are more comments on this post on Moringstar.com at <a href="http://socialize.morningstar.com/NewSocialize/forums/thread/2536466.aspx" rel="nofollow">this link</a>. Tom Adams All - There are more comments on this post on Moringstar.com at this link.

Tom Adams

]]> by: Tom Adams http://www.savings-bond-advisor.com/professionals-scorn-tips-and-cpi/#comment-23349 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:00:27 +0000 http://www.savings-bond-advisor.com/professionals-scorn-tips-and-cpi/#comment-23349 Ken - yes, the CPI-U that TIPS and I bond inflation components are based on includes food and energy. However, the methods used to produce the CPI-U have changed through the years and this simply isn't the same index as it was in the 1980s. For more information, a good place to start is with the recent <a href="http://www.tampabay.com/news/article473596.ece" rel="nofollow">Harper's magazine article by Kevin Phillips</a>. Tom Adams Ken - yes, the CPI-U that TIPS and I bond inflation components are based on includes food and energy.

However, the methods used to produce the CPI-U have changed through the years and this simply isn't the same index as it was in the 1980s. For more information, a good place to start is with the recent Harper's magazine article by Kevin Phillips.

Tom Adams

]]> by: Ken http://www.savings-bond-advisor.com/professionals-scorn-tips-and-cpi/#comment-23346 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:11:57 +0000 http://www.savings-bond-advisor.com/professionals-scorn-tips-and-cpi/#comment-23346 Doesn't the CPI that's used for TIPS and I Bonds include food and energy? Many people dismiss the core CPI since it excludes food and energy, and they assume this is the only CPI that is used. But I thought CPI-U which is used for I Bonds does include food and energy so it should be a somewhat realistic measure of inflation. Doesn't the CPI that's used for TIPS and I Bonds include food and energy? Many people dismiss the core CPI since it excludes food and energy, and they assume this is the only CPI that is used. But I thought CPI-U which is used for I Bonds does include food and energy so it should be a somewhat realistic measure of inflation.

]]> by: Tom Adams http://www.savings-bond-advisor.com/professionals-scorn-tips-and-cpi/#comment-23247 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:26:13 +0000 http://www.savings-bond-advisor.com/professionals-scorn-tips-and-cpi/#comment-23247 More scorn for the professionals behind this from <a href="http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2008/07/questionable-advice-from-morgan-stanley.html" rel="nofollow">Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis blog</a>. More scorn for the professionals behind this from Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis blog.

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