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paulddrapertoday at 4:11 PM2 repliesview on HN

Also, any asset that isn’t appreciating at least 4.2% is losing value.

Ah…inflation.


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frollogastontoday at 4:13 PM

And you're still taxed on the "gain"

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grassfedgeektoday at 6:11 PM

The solution is Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS). You do have to pay taxes on the inflation adjustment (OID income). As long as the interest (after taxes) is higher than taxes on inflation adjustment you're good.