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How and Why to Buy Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS)

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With double digit inflation looming on the horizon thanks to the extraordinary increase in the money supply from all the government spending on stimulus and bailouts, many investors are rushing into purchasing “inflation protection” via Treasury inflation-protected securities (TIPS). These securities are essentially government-issued bonds whose principal grows with rising inflation and pay a fixed [...]

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5 Steps to Take Now in Preparation for Double Digit Inflation

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This guest post is from DR, the managing editor of Dough Roller, a personal finance blog about how to make more, spend less and invest the rest. He is also the author of 99 Painless Ways to Save Serious Money. There is an important debate brewing among economists today about inflation. On the one hand, [...]

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Tax-Exempt Money Market Funds are Rocking

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Brett Arends from the Wall Street Journal had an excellent article recently on how to manage your finances in these troubling times. I have already taken one of his suggestions and moved my cash reserves* into the Vanguard Tax-Exempt Money Market fund (VMSXX) that is currently yielding 5.84% – far above money market averages and [...]

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Ten Car Buying Tips to Getting a Great Deal

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After driving the same family car for the last 7 years, my wife and I decided it was time to get a new car that provided better fuel efficiency and some of the nice to have modern features. Not having bought a car for quite some time meant that I had to extensively research the [...]

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