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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cloudsweeper99, post: 823037, member: 3011&quot;]A tiny percentage of bonds are inflation protected.&nbsp; All other bonds decrease in value as interest rates rise with longer maturities suffering more than shorter maturities.&nbsp; Inflation linked bonds suffer less, but usually they do suffer because investors historically have demanded a higher real rate of return.&nbsp; So at low rates of inflation, an inflation adjusted bond might have a rate of return of 2% plus inflation, but at high rates of inflation, they might drop to be priced to have a return of 4% plus inflation.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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