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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (52749)	5/15/2000 8:42:00 AM
From: LLCF	Respond to of 116764

<How do you perceive their attractiveness, with regard to their being a competitor to gold in inflationary times> Hey, that brings up a great point... the inflation portion of these bonds probably need to be hedged by traders... wonder how gold will correlate with it? The government better hang onto some of that gold to hedge the inflation calls their selling! DAK

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (52749)	5/15/2000 10:58:00 AM
From: goldsheet	Respond to of 116764

> How do you perceive their attractiveness, with regard to their being a competitor to gold in inflationary times? I-bonds might have some advantages compared to gold. They are guaranteed to provide inflation plus 3.5%, and once they are valued upwards they will stay there. Gold, subject to the market, might run very high during an inflationary period then correct. The overall long-term end result might be gold keeps up with inflation, while I-bonds will beat the CPI.