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To: exp who wrote (8584)	9/29/2002 10:16:04 AM
From: Boca_PETE	of 30712

exp - re:("also expect Total Bond fund assets to rival Total Equity fund assets in the future") In support of your subject point, yesterday I heard a caller to a radio financial program ("ABC Moneytalk") make the point "With Inflation Protection now readily available by buying risk free Treasury Inflation Protected Securities directly or through low cost no-load mutual funds (ie. Vanguard), the rationale for taking the risk of being in equities for inflation protection loses its credibility." Recent increased demand for TIPS by investors seeking such inflation protection has pushed the base yield down to a little over 2% (was 3% about a year ago), despite the assertion by academic studies that investors in long term treasury bonds have historically been entitled to a real return of 3-3.25%. P

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