treasury inflation protected securities
1Treasury inflation-protected securities — ( TIPS) Securities issued by the U.S. Treasury that provide inflation protection to investors. These securities have a fixed coupon rate and maturity date. However the interest payment is based on a principal amount that is adjusted semiannually… …
2Treasury Inflation Protected Securities - TIPS — A treasury security that is indexed to inflation in order to protect investors from the negative effects of inflation. TIPS are considered an extremely low risk investment since they are backed by the U.S. government and since their par value… …
3Inflation Protected — The types of investments that provide protection against inflation or the rise in prices of goods and services. Most hard assets are typically protected against inflation. This is because commodities tend to appreciate during times of high… …
4Inflation-Protected Security - IPS — A type of fixed income investment that guarantees a real rate of return. The real rate of return is the nominal return, less the inflation rate, thus protecting investors from inflation. The purchase of IPS products is most often done with… …
5Treasury security — Treasury securities are government bonds issued by the United States Department of the Treasury through the Bureau of the Public Debt. They are the debt financing instruments of the U.S. Federal government, and they are often referred to simply… …
6Inflation-indexed bond — Inflation indexed bonds (also known as inflation linked bonds or colloquially as linkers) are bonds where the principal is indexed to inflation. They are thus designed to cut out the inflation risk of an investment. [ Unfortunately, income taxes… …
7Inflation derivatives — In finance, inflation derivatives (or inflation indexed derivatives) refer to over the counter and exchange traded derivatives that are used to transfer inflation risk from one counterparty to another. Typically, real rate swaps also come under… …
8United States Treasury security — A United States Treasury security is government debt issued by the United States Department of the Treasury through the Bureau of the Public Debt. Treasury securities are the debt financing instruments of the United States federal government, and …
9Zero Coupon Inflation Swap — An exchange of cash flows that allows investors to reduce or increase their exposure to the risk of a decline in the purchasing power of money. In a zero coupon inflation swap, which is a basic type of inflation derivative, an income stream that… …
10TIPS — Treasury inflation protected securities (TIPS) Securities issued by the U.S. Treasury that provide inflation protection to investors. These securities have a fixed coupon rate and maturity date. However the interest payment is based on a… …
