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TIPS Bond Message Board    • seablue918 seablue918 May 13, 2009
3:39 PM Flag      Interesting Posts      I recently took a
fairly significant TIPS position thinking I would leave it in
place for a long time and collect the dividends. I bought at
$99.50/sh. I did a fair amount of research on this prior to
making this purchase, my first in TIPS. On this message board,
it seems some people are using TIPS as a trade, in and out. I'm
curious as to some opinions about that strategy versus leaving
it as a long term hold. For certain inflation is ahead; just a
matter of when it hits.      SortNewest  |  Oldest  |  Most
Replied Expand all replies     • Not sure I agree with your
rebalancing. On the face of it it sounds plausible. However, the
stock market is not beholden to conservation laws like gravity.
A stock can go up and keep on going up for a long time - like
years. Likewise a stock that has tanked can stay tanked for a
very long time. So rebalancin