<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/639d9ac9-d3eb-441a-b958-68da30ffbab2/B02F224A-639F-458C-A24C-081656017692/" 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://ebn.benefitnews.com/news/hedging-risk-in-401k-plans-with-tips-2671959-1.html" href="http://ebn.benefitnews.com/news/hedging-risk-in-401k-plans-with-tips-2671959-1.html" style="font-size: 11px;">ebn.benefitnews.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://ebn.benefitnews.com/news/hedging-risk-in-401k-plans-with-tips-2671959-1.html"><H1 class="entry-title">Hedging risk in 401(k) plans with TIPS</H1></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://ebn.benefitnews.com/news/hedging-risk-in-401k-plans-with-tips-2671959-1.html"><P class="MsoNormal">Some economists believe that that recession will start to lose its grip by mid-2010, yet on heels of that recovery, inflation will rise. Consequently, more defined-contribution plan sponsors plan to diversify their portfolios with Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS). <O:P></O:P></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://ebn.benefitnews.com/news/hedging-risk-in-401k-plans-with-tips-2671959-1.html"><P class="MsoNormal">According to California-based PIMCO, an investment management firm, about 48% investment consultants who work with DC plan sponsors reported that their clients are adding or considering TIPS or an annuity product to their plans. TIPS are treasury notes in which the principal increases with inflation and decreases with deflation. <O:P></O:P></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/B02F224A-639F-458C-A24C-081656017692/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.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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