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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jolumoga, post: 26717492, member: 41780&quot;]I know I&#039;ll sound like a tin foil guy, and I don&#039;t mean to ramble without statistical backing, but I take into account things like housing**, healthcare, and education (two out of these three are clearly critical to a decent living standard), and I can&#039;t help but be dissuaded by official CPI numbers. To be fair, I have no concrete data off-hand to back this up, and this gets into how much faith we put into official numbers, so there&#039;s no real resolution here to our contrasting approaches.</p><p><br /></p><p>*I just looked at the yields of 5-7 year Treasuries and they are definitely better than just letting cash sit. So they are definitely an avenue for some. I just don&#039;t think most Americans find those yields compelling, and would rather take their chance at some other assets. Again, those yields beat CDs though.</p><p><br /></p><p>**Google AI tells me housing has gone up 3-5 percent per year on average over the last few decades. This means these mid-term Treasuries were neutralized at best, and slight losers at worst (and big losers in particular markets). I think healthcare is similar, especially in the last two decades - maybe worse.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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