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In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: Baltassar ✧  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: Beating the market
Date: 07/09/23 5:29 PM
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Mungofitch wrote:

TIPS are as different from bonds as they are from stocks. They are in effect entirely different asset class because inflation exists, and is unpredictable.

This is interesting to me. I would be interested in your thoughts about how to evaluate TIPS (as distinct from bonds) with a view to including them in a portfolio that is mostly equities. When I look at model diversified portfolios (which are legion), they rarely include more than a very modest allocation to TIPS.

If you were required, for whatever perverse reason, to maintain a 70/30 portfolio in which the 30 is something other than equities, what would it be?

Baltassar

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