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More on Portfolio Inflation Strategies
A May 2011 lengthy article by Gahagan and Martin, suggests a modest, permanent allocation to inflation-hedging -assets , such as TIPS, commodity futures, and REITs.
The interesting part of the article is a discussion of how different inflation-hedging assets perform across the inflation cycle. For example, TIPS perform best in an inflationary period of less than 5% inflation while Commodity Futures perform best when inflation is more than 5%.
The bottom line of the analysis is that a mix of inflation-hedging assets provides a better risk-adjusted outcome across an inflation cycle.
