<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/d45acdcf-3fa5-4f99-87bb-90725698a22b/8F47F2A4-B9E2-4E0C-877F-04EE28188EB0/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.healthyfinancialhabits.com/hedge-inflation-with-treasury-inflation-protected-securities-tips/" href="http://www.healthyfinancialhabits.com/hedge-inflation-with-treasury-inflation-protected-securities-tips/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.healthyfinancialhabits.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.healthyfinancialhabits.com/hedge-inflation-with-treasury-inflation-protected-securities-tips/"><P>In times when inflation is threatening the value of your dollar you want to hedge against its effects by putting your money in the right places.  One way of doing this is to add TIPS to your portfolio.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.healthyfinancialhabits.com/hedge-inflation-with-treasury-inflation-protected-securities-tips/"><P>TIPS is an acronym for Treasury Inflation Protected Securities. TIPS are issued by the US Department of Treasury and pay interest twice a year. Owning them is virtually risk free since they are backed by the US government. They are sold in increments of $100 for either 5, 10, or 20 year periods and can be purchased directly through the US Treasury at <A href="http://www.treasurydirect.gov" title="http://www.treasurydirect.gov">www.treasurydirect.gov</A>.  They can also be purchased through a bank or broker.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.healthyfinancialhabits.com/hedge-inflation-with-treasury-inflation-protected-securities-tips/"><P>Here’s how they work:</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/8F47F2A4-B9E2-4E0C-877F-04EE28188EB0/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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