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This is an eye opening interview with Jerey Seigel on CNBC.

https://youtu.be/t3ygJbJjocI

If this comes true we will see fixed income being crushed. Do we sell all your bonds?


The bigger question is how will this temporary money printing work against long term deflationary forces like technology, outsourcing and demographics?
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invest2bfree wrote: Sat May 15, 2021 10:57 am Do we sell all your bonds? BTW I don't have any.
So, since you have no bonds you want to sell mine?
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jebmke wrote: Sat May 15, 2021 10:58 am
invest2bfree wrote: Sat May 15, 2021 10:57 am Do we sell all your bonds? BTW I don't have any.
So, since you have no bonds you want to sell mine?
I take it back, I do hold 5% in VGSH as my emergency funds.
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invest2bfree wrote: Sat May 15, 2021 10:57 am This is an eye opening interview with Jerey Seigel on CNBC.

https://youtu.be/t3ygJbJjocI

If this comes true we will see fixed income being crushed. Do we sell all your bonds? BTW I don't have any.


The bigger question is how will this temporary money printing work against long term deflationary forces like technology, outsourcing and demographics?
invest2bfree,

1) The prediction may not be true.

2) Even if the prediction is true, how would you know the stock will not be crushed?

<<If this comes true we will see fixed income being crushed.>>

3) Ditto, even if the prediction is true, how would you know that the bond will be crushed?

4) Please explain how would you know the above to be true?

5) If you know this, so does everyone else. Why won't they priced in the inflation for the bond that they issued and buy? So, why would the bond's price change if the information had been priced in?

I know that I know nothing.

<<BTW I don't have any.>>

It is a bad idea to put all your eggs in one basket. It is a bad idea to assume that you can predict the future.

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"If you know this, so does everyone else. Why won't they priced in the inflation for the bond that they issued and buy? So, why would the bond's price change if the information had been priced in?"

Have you heard a term called QE it has been discussed around here.

Imagine if you are buyer of 1.2 Trillion in Bonds would anybody step in front of you?

If not for Fed intervention bonds would be 5% and stock could be crashing.
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invest2bfree wrote: Sat May 15, 2021 11:09 am "If you know this, so does everyone else. Why won't they priced in the inflation for the bond that they issued and buy? So, why would the bond's price change if the information had been priced in?"

Have you heard a term called QE it has been discussed around here.

Imagine if you are buyer of 1.2 Trillion in Bonds would anybody step in front of you?

If not for Fed intervention bonds would be 5% and stock could be crashing.
What is the average daily volume of bond trades? What is the average daily volume of Fed purchases?
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I just accept that as part of my investing approach that of course there will be times that bonds will be hammered, but I'm not really sure when this is going to be. Maybe it will be in the next three years. Maybe it won't be in the next three years. I've given up on trying to figure out when these types of things are going to happen. My approach does not call for me to avoid being in certain asset classes just because they will go down some of the time. My approach is to remain in these asset classes all of the time--this is the way I'm assured of getting the benefit of the growth.
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invest2bfree wrote: Sat May 15, 2021 11:09 am "If you know this, so does everyone else. Why won't they priced in the inflation for the bond that they issued and buy? So, why would the bond's price change if the information had been priced in?"

Have you heard a term called QE it has been discussed around here.

Imagine if you are buyer of 1.2 Trillion in Bonds would anybody step in front of you?

If not for Fed intervention bonds would be 5% and stock could be crashing.
According to Wikipedia,
QE1 - 11/2008 - 6/2010
QE2 - 11/2010 - Second Quarter 2011
QE3 - 9/2012 - 2013
QE4 - 9/2019 - ???

I'm still waiting for the rampant inflation from QE1. :beer

I know that I know nothing and continue buying stocks and bonds, aiming for 40% bonds. Started adding TIPS to my bond allocation.
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KlangFool wrote: Sat May 15, 2021 11:05 am
invest2bfree wrote: Sat May 15, 2021 10:57 am This is an eye opening interview with Jerey Seigel on CNBC.

https://youtu.be/t3ygJbJjocI

If this comes true we will see fixed income being crushed. Do we sell all your bonds? BTW I don't have any.


The bigger question is how will this temporary money printing work against long term deflationary forces like technology, outsourcing and demographics?
invest2bfree,

1) The prediction may not be true.

2) Even if the prediction is true, how would you know the stock will not be crushed?

<<If this comes true we will see fixed income being crushed.>>

3) Ditto, even if the prediction is true, how would you know that the bond will be crushed?

4) Please explain how would you know the above to be true?

5) If you know this, so does everyone else. Why won't they priced in the inflation for the bond that they issued and buy? So, why would the bond's price change if the information had been priced in?

I know that I know nothing.

<<BTW I don't have any.>>

It is a bad idea to put all your eggs in one basket. It is a bad idea to assume that you can predict the future.

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There are lots of known strong, countervailing forces at play. Add to that the unknown surprises that can come into being and it makes predicting (and especially predicting with timing) at very best an educated guess. So I'm in agreement with KlangFool about the danger of putting all eggs in one basket.

That said, I am concerned about inflation. One thing I'll be watching for in that regard is the payout ratios for annuities. If inflation causes a rise in interest rates and a corresponding rise in annuity payouts, then I may well spring for one.
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Could be,
Might be,
May be,
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I can’t do anything about it! No body knows nuttin!

I will stay the course!

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What it would be valuable here is for Siegel to show his before/after portfolio.

First, show the composition of his investments, then prediction of 20% inflation, second changes to his portfolio to reflect adjustments based on his prediction.

Otherwise, for all we know he makes this predictions but he in fact stays the course!
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Time will tell. In the meantime I take solace in the fact I have an investment that provides some protection from inflation, I-bonds.

Personally I don't believe we will see 20% inflation, if we do, so be it. Inflation has been predicted for so long, with little accuracy, it seems foolish to worry about it every time it is mentioned.

One day the prediction of high inflation might come true. Since I don't know when, I'll just continue maintaining our present AA. We have a bunch of equity holdings (55%), we have a bunch of bond holdings (45%). Not sure what would be a better portfolio than what we currently have.

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That is an outrageous claim
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invest2bfree wrote: Sat May 15, 2021 11:09 am "If you know this, so does everyone else. Why won't they priced in the inflation for the bond that they issued and buy? So, why would the bond's price change if the information had been priced in?"

Have you heard a term called QE it has been discussed around here.

Imagine if you are buyer of 1.2 Trillion in Bonds would anybody step in front of you?

If not for Fed intervention bonds would be 5% and stock could be crashing.
invest2bfree,

Here we go again. If YOU know this, so does everyone else. Everyone else would priced that in their purchase of stock and bond. Hence, it is reflected in the market price of the stock and the bond.

What do you know that NO ONE ELSE know? And, if you do know something, you would be VERY RICH. There is no reason to post anything at the forum.

I know that I know nothing.

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So personally, we have never owned nominal bonds, and I do think they are riskier than some people seem to realize.

That said, once you have committed to a long term allocation plan, staying the course is critical, and trying to time the markets can be a disaster.

So, my two cents is if you already have bonds per plan, you should now stay the course. And if you are supposed to rebalance to bonds if they fall in portfolio percentage, then do that too.
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invest2bfree wrote: Sat May 15, 2021 10:57 am This is an eye opening interview with Jerey Seigel on CNBC.

https://youtu.be/t3ygJbJjocI

If this comes true we will see fixed income being crushed. Do we sell all your bonds?


The bigger question is how will this temporary money printing work against long term deflationary forces like technology, outsourcing and demographics?
The answer is absolutely not. Short-term treasuries, and even intermediate-term treasuries, performed admirably in the hyperinflation of the 1970s.

They handily outperformed the US stock market from 1973-1979, and they nearly kept pace with inflation in this most devastating hyper inflationary period.

The answer is to stay the course and tune out the noise.
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invest2bfree wrote: Sat May 15, 2021 10:57 amDo we sell all your bonds?
Who is we? You think I would let you sell even some of my bonds, never mind all of them?

I always love headlines that use the term "could". The are never wrong! Inflation could be 712% in the next few minutes!

Another fun phrase is "up to". Guaranteed to return up to 348% on your investments!
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JoeRetire wrote: Sat May 15, 2021 1:41 pm
invest2bfree wrote: Sat May 15, 2021 10:57 amDo we sell all your bonds?
Who is we? You think I would let you sell even some of my bonds, never mind all of them?

I always love headlines that use the term "could". The are never wrong! Inflation could be 712% in the next few minutes!

Another fun phrase is "up to". Guaranteed to return up to 348% on your investments!
If you use "up to" and "at least" in the same paragraph, you are covered.
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invest2bfree wrote: Sat May 15, 2021 10:57 am...If this comes true we will see fixed income being crushed. Do we sell all your bonds?
If inflation is the concern, then the rational response is not to abandon fixed income, but to make sure most of your fixed income is inflation-linked fixed income. Most of my fixed income is in TIPS funds and series I savings bonds, and this isn't any recent maneuver on my part, I've been heavy in TIPS ever since they were introduced.

If inflation reached 20% per year, then it is possible that TIPS bonds and series I savings bonds might outperform stocks.

Is it really possible for TIPS to outperform stocks?

Yes, we know it's possible because it has actually happened--during 2000-2009. For example, as shown here, the American Century Inflation-Adjust Bonds Fund beat inflation, while the Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund did not.

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Even with nominal bonds, if inflation reaches 20% per year, than, certainly, bonds bought today with 1% or 2% coupons will be crushed, but newly issued bonds may not be. The 10-year Treasury rate hit 15.84% in 1981.
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invest2bfree wrote: Sat May 15, 2021 11:09 am "If you know this, so does everyone else. Why won't they priced in the inflation for the bond that they issued and buy? So, why would the bond's price change if the information had been priced in?"

Have you heard a term called QE it has been discussed around here.

Imagine if you are buyer of 1.2 Trillion in Bonds would anybody step in front of you?

If not for Fed intervention bonds would be 5% and stock could be crashing.
I am confused by your response to KlangFool's observation that all the things you pointed out earlier are well known and priced in.
Are you suggesting that QE is something other people have not heard about, so it might not already be priced in as KlangFool suggest?!?
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I'd rather own bonds at double digit inflation than equities. But I'd rather own short term bonds that I would continue to roll over. Of course, if I can get a 30 year bond at 12%, I'd sell all of my equities and just own that.
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MoonOrb wrote: Sat May 15, 2021 11:20 am I just accept that as part of my investing approach that of course there will be times that bonds will be hammered, but I'm not really sure when this is going to be. Maybe it will be in the next three years. Maybe it won't be in the next three years. I've given up on trying to figure out when these types of things are going to happen. My approach does not call for me to avoid being in certain asset classes just because they will go down some of the time. My approach is to remain in these asset classes all of the time--this is the way I'm assured of getting the benefit of the growth.
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I would be shocked to see such severe inflation but am prepared for it, my non-stock money is mostly in I bonds right now.
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nisiprius wrote: Sat May 15, 2021 1:50 pm
invest2bfree wrote: Sat May 15, 2021 10:57 am...If this comes true we will see fixed income being crushed. Do we sell all your bonds?
If inflation is the concern, then the rational response is not to abandon fixed income, but to make sure most of your fixed income is inflation-linked fixed income. Most of my fixed income is in TIPS funds and series I savings bonds, and this isn't any recent maneuver on my part, I've been heavy in TIPS ever since they were introduced.
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marcopolo wrote: Sat May 15, 2021 1:55 pm
invest2bfree wrote: Sat May 15, 2021 11:09 am "If you know this, so does everyone else. Why won't they priced in the inflation for the bond that they issued and buy? So, why would the bond's price change if the information had been priced in?"

Have you heard a term called QE it has been discussed around here.

Imagine if you are buyer of 1.2 Trillion in Bonds would anybody step in front of you?

If not for Fed intervention bonds would be 5% and stock could be crashing.
I am confused by your response to KlangFool's observation that all the things you pointed out earlier are well known and priced in.
Are you suggesting that QE is something other people have not heard about, so it might not already be priced in as KlangFool suggest?!?
There is no pricing in QE, Fed is not a market participant. They are market manipulators.

Can you imaging somebody who has unlimited firepower taking other side of the trade?
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rockstar wrote: Sat May 15, 2021 1:56 pm I'd rather own bonds at double digit inflation than equities. But I'd rather own short term bonds that I would continue to roll over. Of course, if I can get a 30 year bond at 12%, I'd sell all of my equities and just own that.
With the amount of debt outstanding it is not possible to have interest rates go up. Fed is going to be the last man standing absorbing all the money printing from the treasury.

Will the dollar be hit as Stanley Druckenmiller is pointing out remains to be seen.
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He's not saying 20% per year. He's saying 20% over 3 years so 6+% per year.
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invest2bfree wrote: Sat May 15, 2021 2:24 pm
marcopolo wrote: Sat May 15, 2021 1:55 pm
invest2bfree wrote: Sat May 15, 2021 11:09 am "If you know this, so does everyone else. Why won't they priced in the inflation for the bond that they issued and buy? So, why would the bond's price change if the information had been priced in?"

Have you heard a term called QE it has been discussed around here.

Imagine if you are buyer of 1.2 Trillion in Bonds would anybody step in front of you?

If not for Fed intervention bonds would be 5% and stock could be crashing.
I am confused by your response to KlangFool's observation that all the things you pointed out earlier are well known and priced in.
Are you suggesting that QE is something other people have not heard about, so it might not already be priced in as KlangFool suggest?!?
There is no pricing in QE, Fed is not a market participant. They are market manipulators.

Can you imaging somebody who has unlimited firepower taking other side of the trade?
I can imagine it because it has been going on for more than a decade.
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z3r0c00l wrote: Sat May 15, 2021 2:14 pm I would be shocked to see such severe inflation but am prepared for it, my non-stock money is mostly in I bonds right now.
+1. I Bonds would do nicely in that environment.
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Did he specifically predict 20% cpi inflation, or was he referring to inflation in real assets?
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Candor wrote: Sat May 15, 2021 2:38 pm He's not saying 20% per year. He's saying 20% over 3 years so 6+% per year.
Good point, though that would still result in big real losses for bonds, by bond standards at least.
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JBTX wrote: Sat May 15, 2021 2:45 pm Did he specifically predict 20% cpi inflation, or was he referring to inflation in real assets?
Rarely do people apply the term 'inflation' to real assets (e.g., stocks, real estate).
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Candor wrote: Sat May 15, 2021 2:38 pmHe's not saying 20% per year. He's saying 20% over 3 years so 6+% per year.
Which a bit above the early prognostications for SS COLA next year:

https://www.thinkadvisor.com/2021/05/12 ... s%20League.

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Candor wrote: Sat May 15, 2021 2:38 pm He's not saying 20% per year. He's saying 20% over 3 years so 6+% per year.
Thank you. Everyone seems to be missing this.

It’s not much different at all from what he’s been saying since the CARES act was passed. They’ll inflate it away… a couple years of 4-5% changes the whole deficit picture.

I happen to agree. But no one knows for sure.
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Maybe an unpopular opinion: I feel like click bait such as this should be locked in this forum.
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mbasherp wrote: Sat May 15, 2021 3:00 pm
Candor wrote: Sat May 15, 2021 2:38 pm He's not saying 20% per year. He's saying 20% over 3 years so 6+% per year.
Thank you. Everyone seems to be missing this.

It’s not much different at all from what he’s been saying since the CARES act was passed. They’ll inflate it away… a couple years of 4-5% changes the whole deficit picture.

I happen to agree. But no one knows for sure.
Still an outrageous claim
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invest2bfree wrote: Sat May 15, 2021 2:28 pm
rockstar wrote: Sat May 15, 2021 1:56 pm I'd rather own bonds at double digit inflation than equities. But I'd rather own short term bonds that I would continue to roll over. Of course, if I can get a 30 year bond at 12%, I'd sell all of my equities and just own that.
With the amount of debt outstanding it is not possible to have interest rates go up. Fed is going to be the last man standing absorbing all the money printing from the treasury.
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Begins at the 4:30 mark.

Edit: Also...
"Siegel believes inflation will surge a bracing 20% over the next three or four years. That means it could be as high as 6.7% annually during that span...Siegel predicted that the Federal Reserve, which has held short-term rates near zero and says it intends to do so for the next two years, will end up hiking them later in 2021."
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avenger wrote: Sat May 15, 2021 3:02 pm Maybe an unpopular opinion: I feel like click bait such as this should be locked in this forum.
What do you think makes it 'click bait'?

Siegel certainly isn't the average Joe Blow hack writing financial 'reporter'. He's one of the most brilliant minds in the finance space, though neither he nor anyone else is infallible.
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willthrill81 wrote: Sat May 15, 2021 3:15 pm
avenger wrote: Sat May 15, 2021 3:02 pm Maybe an unpopular opinion: I feel like click bait such as this should be locked in this forum.
What do you think makes it 'click bait'?

Siegel certainly isn't the average Joe Blow hack writing financial 'reporter'. He's one of the most brilliant minds in the finance space, though neither he nor anyone else is infallible.
noun: click bait
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willthrill81 wrote: Sat May 15, 2021 2:46 pm
JBTX wrote: Sat May 15, 2021 2:45 pm Did he specifically predict 20% cpi inflation, or was he referring to inflation in real assets?
Rarely do people apply the term 'inflation' to real assets (e.g., stocks, real estate).
Yeah, I understand that. Listening to it again he said over the next 2 or 3 years we could have 20% inflation. I wonder if he means cumulative inflation over 2 or 3 years.

If we had 20% annualized CPI inflation the you know what would hit the fan.
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Well nobody forces you to click on that youtube link in the OP. It's not like the OP promised one thing, and the video then was something else, like a sales pitch.

Personally, I think we will get higher inflation. The economic disruption caused by the pandemic is causing shortages that will persist for quite some time. Shortage = higher prices. Just look here for one example: viewtopic.php?f=2&t=348868
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avenger wrote: Sat May 15, 2021 3:19 pm
willthrill81 wrote: Sat May 15, 2021 3:15 pm
avenger wrote: Sat May 15, 2021 3:02 pm Maybe an unpopular opinion: I feel like click bait such as this should be locked in this forum.
What do you think makes it 'click bait'?

Siegel certainly isn't the average Joe Blow hack writing financial 'reporter'. He's one of the most brilliant minds in the finance space, though neither he nor anyone else is infallible.
noun: click bait
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By that definition, a TV interview isn't click bait. And I don't think that Siegel mentioned a web site either.

I've repeatedly been saying myself for a while now that I wouldn't be surprised at all by 4-5% annual inflation for a few years, and that's not far from what Siegel is apparently suggesting (e.g., 20% cumulative inflation over the next three years).
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Robot Monster wrote: Sat May 15, 2021 3:13 pm "Siegel believes inflation will surge a bracing 20% over the next three or four years. That means it could be as high as 6.7% annually during that span..
Yes this is what I think he meant.
mbasherp wrote: Sat May 15, 2021 3:00 pm
Candor wrote: Sat May 15, 2021 2:38 pm He's not saying 20% per year. He's saying 20% over 3 years so 6+% per year.
Thank you. Everyone seems to be missing this.

It’s not much different at all from what he’s been saying since the CARES act was passed. They’ll inflate it away… a couple years of 4-5% changes the whole deficit picture.

I happen to agree. But no one knows for sure.

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Candor wrote: Sat May 15, 2021 2:38 pm He's not saying 20% per year. He's saying 20% over 3 years so 6+% per year.
THIS

Siegel is by far my favorite TV economist. He's the opposite of a doom and gloomer. I can't recall him every distributing a negative outlook without a positive spin.
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Well if we get several years for prices to go up 20% then I bet he’s right. I can easily predict 20% inflation if I don’t have to say how long it takes.
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abuss368 wrote: Sat May 15, 2021 11:34 am I can’t do anything about it! No body knows nuttin!

I will stay the course!

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I can and did do something about it. I invested my entire fixed income portfolio in a ten year TIPS ladder over the last five plus years. Despite a negative real yield on my latest rung and a half, the overall portfolio will still pay a positive real rate of return (based upon my original purchase prices) regardless of 20% inflation over three years. 8-) I'm not saying I knew "sumtin," I'm just saying. 8-)

Aren't you the guy who had the "TIPS outta here" thread a year or two ago Tony? :D
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FIREchief wrote: Sat May 15, 2021 3:45 pm
abuss368 wrote: Sat May 15, 2021 11:34 am I can’t do anything about it! No body knows nuttin!

I will stay the course!

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I can and did do something about it. I invested my entire fixed income portfolio in a ten year TIPS ladder over the last five plus years. Despite a negative real yield on my latest rung and a half, the overall portfolio will still pay a positive real rate of return (based upon my original purchase prices) regardless of 20% inflation over three years. 8-) I'm not saying I knew "sumtin," I'm just saying. 8-)

Aren't you the guy who had the "TIPS outta here" thread a year or two ago Tony? :D
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invest2bfree wrote: Sat May 15, 2021 10:57 am This is an eye opening interview with Jerey Seigel on CNBC.

https://youtu.be/t3ygJbJjocI

If this comes true we will see fixed income being crushed. Do we sell all your bonds?


The bigger question
is how will this temporary money printing work against long term deflationary forces like technology, outsourcing and demographics?
The bigger question is to you believe Siegel, who is just saying stuff, or what the bond market is predicting, where big pocket institutions vote with their wallets.

5 Year Breakeven inflation is not even close to what Siegel is saying:

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/T5YIE
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