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Bond Fix TIPS to Beat Back Inflation By Lawrence Jones Stocks and commodities can do the job, but TIPS offer an explicit hedge against investors’ number-one enemy. While the dramatic market events at the end of summer 2008 stole the headlines, the specter of inflation was many investors’ greatest fear for much of the year. So much so that between March and June, there was a reversal of expectations for Federal Reserve rate moves. In March, the federal funds futures market priced in a greater than 95% probability that rates would be held steady or lowered through the end of the year. Merely three months later, about 95% of participants in that market saw a rate hike by year-end. In the end, shifting inflation expectations altered the markets’ perceptions; indeed, investors’ expectations for inflation help set long-term rates. Inflation is one of the biggest, and often most underappreciated, threats to investment goals. Too often investors position their portfolios too cautiously, failing to keep up with inflation and losing money in real terms in the name of protecting it. With modest inflation levels for nearly 20 years, being too conservative was an understandable mistake, but soaring energy and food prices have again raised inflation fears. Whether or not the recent spate of worry about inflation is justified, investors should always keep the risk of inflation in view. After all, inflation threatens the most basic rationale for investing: the possibility of greater future purchasing power for capital. For clients funding a retirement, building purchasing power is essential—which is why it pays to look at a client’s portfolio’s real (inflationadjusted) return, in addition to total return and absolute return. Inflation Fighters It has long been proven that investing in equities, which have a higher long-term expected total return than fixed-income securities, is a good way to keep ahead of inflation over the long run. This is particularly true if investors focus on purchasing stocks of companies that have wide moats. Companies such as Johnson & Johnson JNJ, Coca-Cola KO, ExxonMobil XOM, and MorningstarAdvisor.com 73
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Morningstar Advisor - Fall 2008
Morningstar Advisor - Fall 2008
Contents
New on MorningstarAdvisor.com
Letter from the Editor
Contributors
Inbox
Are You Preparing for Higher Taxes?
State of Financials
Oracles of Alabama
Investment Briefs
Managers’ Investment Secrets Revealed
Conformity Becomes a Growing Concern at American
Gimme Shelter
Location, Location, Location
Rooted in Buffett, Going for Growth
Keeping Little Company
Away from the Numbers
Consumer Confidence
What about Natural Gas?
TIPS to Beat Back Inflation
Investing in Hidden Assets
Funds That Have an Edge Come Tax Time
Mutual Fund Analyst Picks
50 Most Popular Equity ETFs
Undervalued Stocks
Most Popular Variable Annuities
New at Morningstar
One for You, 19 for Me
Morningstar Advisor - Fall 2008 - Intro
Morningstar Advisor - Fall 2008 - Morningstar Advisor - Fall 2008
Morningstar Advisor - Fall 2008 - Cover2
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Morningstar Advisor - Fall 2008 - Contents
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Morningstar Advisor - Fall 2008 - New on MorningstarAdvisor.com
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Morningstar Advisor - Fall 2008 - 8
Morningstar Advisor - Fall 2008 - Letter from the Editor
Morningstar Advisor - Fall 2008 - Contributors
Morningstar Advisor - Fall 2008 - Inbox
Morningstar Advisor - Fall 2008 - Are You Preparing for Higher Taxes?
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Morningstar Advisor - Fall 2008 - State of Financials
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Morningstar Advisor - Fall 2008 - Oracles of Alabama
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Morningstar Advisor - Fall 2008 - Investment Briefs
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Morningstar Advisor - Fall 2008 - Managers’ Investment Secrets Revealed
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Morningstar Advisor - Fall 2008 - Conformity Becomes a Growing Concern at American
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Morningstar Advisor - Fall 2008 - Gimme Shelter
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Morningstar Advisor - Fall 2008 - Location, Location, Location
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Morningstar Advisor - Fall 2008 - Rooted in Buffett, Going for Growth
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Morningstar Advisor - Fall 2008 - Keeping Little Company
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Morningstar Advisor - Fall 2008 - Away from the Numbers
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Morningstar Advisor - Fall 2008 - Consumer Confidence
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Morningstar Advisor - Fall 2008 - What about Natural Gas?
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Morningstar Advisor - Fall 2008 - TIPS to Beat Back Inflation
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Morningstar Advisor - Fall 2008 - Investing in Hidden Assets
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Morningstar Advisor - Fall 2008 - Funds That Have an Edge Come Tax Time
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Morningstar Advisor - Fall 2008 - Mutual Fund Analyst Picks
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Morningstar Advisor - Fall 2008 - 50 Most Popular Equity ETFs
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Morningstar Advisor - Fall 2008 - Undervalued Stocks
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Morningstar Advisor - Fall 2008 - Most Popular Variable Annuities
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Morningstar Advisor - Fall 2008 - New at Morningstar
Morningstar Advisor - Fall 2008 - One for You, 19 for Me
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