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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Stocks A to Z / Stocks B / Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
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Author: richinmd   😊 😞
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Subject: Re: Berkshire's strange market behavior...
Date: 01/14/25 8:25 PM
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There is a website that creates ladders for you with existing TIPs.
https://www.tipsladder.com/

Also there is a set of ETFs that have TIPs that mature at given times although lightly traded.
ishares.com - Build better bond ladders

It is pretty easy to buy individual TIPS on the secondary market.


I've been a long-time lurker here, also from way back in the TMF era.
Jim, thanks for all the insights you've provided over the many years.

I have a question about TIPS ladders. It would seem that TIPS would be suitable for bundling them up in some kind of mutual fund, and that having them as a fund would be the easiest way to get them to work in an IRA. But from what all I can find, the few TIPS funds out there are not ladders, not with any kind of predictable, let alone fixed, maturities. Am I missing something? I'd want staggered maturities and roughly equal weights.
(the context is that I'm very heavy in BRK/B and think this is a good time to do some diversifying.)
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