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Snake Doctor · 06-10-2009, 08:45 PM

If you thought we were headed for some hyperinflation circa 1970's, where would you stash your cash?

For those who don't know, TIPS are treasury inflation protected securities, and Ibonds are inflation adjusted government bonds.
Basically they pay a base interest rate, plus the rate of inflation, based on the consumer price index.

My thinking is the gold has the higher upside, especially if there's a panic, but it also has the risk of losing some value, especially if we don't in fact have hyperinflation.

06-10-2009, 08:45 PM
Snake Doctor I'm Lenny2 Bitch Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: On top of my soapbox Posts: 13,449	If you were scared of hyperinflation, would you buy gold or TIPS/Ibonds? If you thought we were headed for some hyperinflation circa 1970's, where would you stash your cash? For those who don't know, TIPS are treasury inflation protected securities, and Ibonds are inflation adjusted government bonds. Basically they pay a base interest rate, plus the rate of inflation, based on the consumer price index. My thinking is the gold has the higher upside, especially if there's a panic, but it also has the risk of losing some value, especially if we don't in fact have hyperinflation. __________________ sig too big