The Advisor's Guide to the Advantages, Tradeoffs, and Risks of TIPS

Decades-high inflation has fixed-income investors looking for ways to protect their buying power and the value of their investment assets, prompting keen interest in Treasury Inflation Protected Securities, commonly referred to as TIPS. TIPS are commonly misunderstood, however, even among financial professionals.

ETF Trends • May 26, 2022

FlexShares Strategist On Investing In Today's Markets

Christopher Huemmer offers some perspective for investors dealing with the current investment environment.

ETFcom • Apr 26, 2022

How to Inflation-Proof Your Portfolio

Investors can incorporate exposure to certain asset classes to help mitigate the corrosive effects of inflation on a traditional portfolio. Inflation in the U.S. has continued to increase.

ETF Trends • Feb 16, 2022

Investors Look to TIPS to Hedge Inflation

Investors looking for a way to hedge inflation are increasingly looking to TIPS, or Treasury inflation-protected securities. Most bonds pay investors a set amount of interest semiannually and then pay the original face value of the bond at maturity; TIPS, however, are marketable securities whose principal is adjusted by changes in the Consumer Price Index.

ETF Trends • Feb 9, 2022

Need Short Duration and TIPS? This ETF Has Both

The inflation rate climbed to 7% during December 2021, highlighting the need for fixed income investors to get exposure to short duration and Treasury inflation-protected securities (TIPS). Investors are realizing this, and the flow of money into TIPS funds tells the story.

ETF Trends • Jan 24, 2022

Keep Pace With Inflation With These 2 FlexShares ETFs

According to a Bloomberg report, traders of Treasury notes are betting that the Omicron variant will only apply more inflationary pressure, which supports the case of Treasury inflation-protected securities (TIPS). “U.S. 10-year break-even rates — which are market estimates for the average rate of inflation over the next decade — climbed to as high as [.

ETF Trends • Jan 4, 2022

Tapering Impact On Treasury Supply

At the November FOMC meeting, the Fed officially announced that it would begin tapering its bond purchase program, starting in mid-November. When the Fed began tapering its QE3 program over the course of 2014, the coupon supply from the U.S. Treasury was stable, leading to an increase in net supply takedown from the private market.

Seeking Alpha • Nov 16, 2021

Two ETFs to Consider Inflation for Protection With Targeted Duration

Getting inflation protection is one thing, while targeting duration is another. Both can be accomplished with the FlexShares iBoxx 3-Year Target Duration TIPS Index Fund (TDTT) and the FlexShares iBoxx 5-Year Target Duration TIPS Index Fund (TDTF).

ETF Trends • Sep 17, 2021

Here Are Two Bond ETFs for Targeted Duration and Inflation Protection

Getting a combination of targeted duration combined with inflation protection is possible via the FlexShares iBoxx 3-Year Target Duration TIPS Index Fund (TDTT) and the FlexShares iBoxx 5-Year Target Duration TIPS Index Fund (TDTF). On one hand, TDTT seeks to provide investment results that, before fees and expenses, correspond generally to the price and yield [.

ETF Trends • Jun 25, 2021

Best TIPS ETFs for Q2 2021

The best TIPS ETFs for Q2 2021 are IVOL, TDTF, and SCHP.

Investopedia • Mar 2, 2021