Considering that there has been some inflation every year over the past 60 years, the principal of
TIPS held to maturity is likely to be higher than when it was purchased.2
Not exact matches
He has introduced the
TIPS ladder,
holding 10 - year
TIPS to maturity instead of treating
TIPS as a trading vehicle.
An advantage of a
TIPS Ladder is that you
hold all of your bonds
to maturity, which avoids the expenses and the possibility of loss when selling on the secondary market.
Because the semiannual inflation adjustments of a
TIPS bond are considered taxable income by the IRS, even though investors don't see that money until they sell the bond or it reaches
maturity, some investors prefer
to get
TIPS through a
TIPS mutual fund or exchange traded fund (ETF), or
to only
hold them in tax - deferred retirement accounts
to avoid tax complications.
Finally, they are significantly harder
to trade as you can buy and
hold a
TIPS ETF and get exposure
to all
maturities and get the current competitive rate all in one purchase.
@ColoradoCapital Nominally
TIPS investor gets CPI — x if
held to maturity.
In addition, if the
TIPS securities were
held to maturity, as would be the case for a laddered portfolio, then there shouldn't be any risk.
Ten - year
TIPS (and / or I - Bonds) ladders
held to maturity make a lot of sense in an actual portfolio these days.
The principal is automatically adjusted every six months
to reflect increases or decreases in the Consumer Price Index; as long as you
hold a
TIPS to maturity, you will receive the greater of the original or inflation - adjusted principal.
As I have discussed in recent blogs,
TIPS bond ladders are relatively free of interest rate risk if we
hold individual bonds
to maturity.
If you purchased a
TIPS at auction and haven't sold it before
maturity, you can multiply these amounts by your
holdings in 1,000's
to determine the OID and interest that apply
to you.
Thus, while longer - term
TIPS have more interim price risk, there's no risk of loss if you
hold to maturity.