Crawling Road » TIPS http://crawlingroad.com/blog The Permanent Portfolio, Investing, Finance and Random Thoughts. Tue, 22 May 2012 21:55:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= The Crawling Road Money Show focuses on investing, finance and economics. We discuss the Permanent Portfolio and other topics to make investing simple and successful. Craig Rowland clean Craig Rowland podcastsxml@crawlingroad.com podcastsxml@crawlingroad.com (Craig Rowland) 2010-2012 Craig Rowland Simple investing for success. investing, permanent portfolio, indexing, stocks, bonds, cash, gold, harry browne, john chandler, craig rowland, craigr, crawling road Crawling Road » TIPS http://crawlingroad.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://crawlingroad.com/blog Gold Not an Inflation Hedge? Hardly! http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2012/03/08/gold-not-an-inflation-hedge-hardly/ http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2012/03/08/gold-not-an-inflation-hedge-hardly/#comments Thu, 08 Mar 2012 09:04:50 +0000 Craig Rowland http://crawlingroad.com/blog/?p=6994

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Larry Swedroe posted an article arguing that gold is not an asset that can be used to protect against inflation: How to hedge against inflation (hint:forget gold) Of course I disagree and the Permanent Portfolio holds gold precisely to protect against inflation. First let’s be clear that [...]

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From The Crawling Road Blog - The Permanent Portfolio Discussion and More

Let’s talk about Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS) again. It’s no secret that I dislike them vs. gold in the Permanent Portfolio. But will they ever “default” as some say? No, they won’t. But this doesn’t mean they don’t have other serious problems. I don’t believe the US will [...]

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s a follow up to another post, I am blogging to mention this article I read today about Argentina. Yes, we're not Argentina. But it is very constructive to look at other countries handling high inflation to see what lessons can be gleaned.

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People sometimes want to know my view on Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS) vs. Gold for inflation protection. Well, I have boiled my research on this topic down into two simple rules:

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The Permanent Portfolio allocation is 25% stocks, 25% bonds, 25% gold and 25% cash. In this series we talk about the 25% gold allocation and how it protects you from inflation and other currency problems.

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]]> http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2009/10/13/permanent-portfolio-25-gold-allocation-faq/feed/ 15 FAQ,Gold,Inflation,permanent portfolio,TIPS The Permanent Portfolio allocation is 25% stocks, 25% bonds, 25% gold and 25% cash. In this series we talk about the 25% gold allocation and how it protects you from inflation and other currency problems. The Permanent Portfolio allocation is 25% stocks, 25% bonds, 25% gold and 25% cash. In this series we talk about the 25% gold allocation and how it protects you from inflation and other currency problems. Craig Rowland clean