Sunday, May 24, 2009

Weekend Reading

Individual investors should put their money into TIPS (Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities) as a hedge against inflation, according to Yale University's Chief Investment Officer David Swensen on the Consuelo Mack WealthTrack television show this weekend. "We've had this massive monetary stimulus, and it's hard to see how that does not translate into pretty substantial inflation or at least pretty substantial risk of inflation," he expressed.
(Blogger's note: Swensen is famous for advocating a diversified portfolio -- and TIPS as part of an investment portfolio seems to make sense for individual investors as well as for institutional investors.)


Abu Dhabi Investment portfolio manager Aksel Kibar believes that investors interested in oil stocks should look at the Arabian market, reports Bloomberg.com. "Relative performance charts indicate that this outperformance may last for another 12 months," said Kibar.
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