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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;doug444, post: 1501622, member: 38849&quot;]When the CRUNCH comes, dividends will be among the first &quot;bennies&quot; to disappear.&nbsp; And TIPS won&#039;t save you, either.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;...Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities, or TIPS, provide protection&nbsp; against inflation. The principal of a TIPS increases with inflation and&nbsp; decreases with deflation, as measured by the Consumer Price Index. When&nbsp; a TIPS matures, you are paid the adjusted principal or original&nbsp; principal, whichever is greater.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; TIPS pay interest twice a year, at a fixed rate. The rate is&nbsp; applied to the adjusted principal; so, like the principal, interest&nbsp; payments rise with inflation and fall with deflation...&quot;&nbsp; The government funds its TIPS by producing still more bad money out of thin air.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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