That's why I'm suggested focusing
on capital preservation if you're worried about runaway inflation — you want to buy bonds when rates are high.
Not exact matches
Still, Gibbs granted in a Monday interview
on CNBC's «Power Lunch» that it's «a good stock
if you want something defensive — more about
capital preservation versus growth.»
If you're looking for a short term trade
on bond prices, then I completely agree that bond funds would be the easiest choice...
If you're looking for
capital preservation, then you're going to want to hold the individual security, in my humble opinion.
It's not great that your money is growing at less than inflation but
if you're saving for something like a downpayment
on a house I would think that (nominal)
capital preservation is probably more important than the potential for a higher return with the associated higher risk.
Then you'd write about investment strategies like total - return vs.
capital preservation, and
if you're focusing more
on risk reduction than growth, etc..