Given its shorter duration, the fund can be expected to have less real interest rate risk, but also lower total returns relative to a longer-duration TIPS fund.
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ETF facts.
| Asset class | Inflation-Indexed Securities |
|---|---|
| Expense ratio as of 01/31/2021 | 0.05% |
| CUSIP | 922020805 |
| ETF advisor | Vanguard Fixed Income Group |
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Investors have already been adding inflation protection to their portfolios throughout the past year as TIPS have been the top-performing category of the government bond market. TIPS are down about 2-3% year-to-date, but that's much better than the -11% returns from long-term Treasuries.
Understanding TIPS ETF income distributions
TIPS ETFs pay out the earned income of the portfolio which includes the accrued coupon income plus the inflation adjustment less the management fee. This inflation adjustment is based on two months' prior CPI applied to the fund's underlying securities.
This means that 10-year TIPS have a yield 2.15% lower than the 10-year Treasury, so inflation would need to average 2.15% per year for the two to have the same returns. 1 TIPS ETFs enable investors to safeguard the value of their portfolios by mitigating against the erosion of purchasing power caused by inflation.
Treasury inflation protected securities (TIPS) are attractive, in our view, because of the potential for inflation to exceed the widely anticipated increase in consumer prices later in 2021.
The primary advantage of a TIPS fund, compared to some other fixed-income securities, is that they can appreciate during inflationary periods. Therefore TIPS can help investors fight inflation and potentially receive greater returns than a broad market bond index fund.
SCHP provides investors with several key benefits, which might make the fund an attractive investment opportunity for more conservative investors and retirees. Risk-averse income and retirees could consider an investment in SCHP, as there are few funds as safe and stable as it.
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That means that the share price of a mutual fund investing in TIPS can vary significantly over the short term. Deflation risk: The risk of a general decline in prices, deflation, is the opposite of inflation. If there were to be a long period of deflation, TIPS would potentially lose some value.
ETFs are not guaranteed, their values change frequently and past performance may not be repeated. ETF units are bought and sold at market price on a stock exchange and brokerage commissions will reduce returns. Index returns do not represent ETF returns.
These investments do well historically against higher inflation, but that doesn't mean they leave you entirely immune to inflation price volatility.
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