PIMCO 15+ Year US TIPS Index ETF (LTPZ) - Excellent inflation protected treasuries (TIPS)
Last updated: May 25, 2022 While researching for alternate penalty free option in inflation protected treasuries called TIPS , I came across one excellent ETF called PIMCO 15+ Year US TIPS Index ETF (LTPZ) . Above inexpensive long duration TIPS ETF has produced top notch long term return. In fact, it's almost two to three times that of Total Bond index. Source: Morningstar Performance Tab As an active fund, it has outperformed even standard TIPS index too. LTPZ outperformance comes at cost of more volatility than it's index. For example, it's standard deviation (measure of volatility) is almost 3 times of it's index: Source: Morningstar Risk tab When risk is taken out of the equation, the strategy's absolute performance looks more positive . On a 10-year basis, it has beaten the category index on an annualized basis by 2.4%. So my advice for investors would be to ignore volatility in short term and give it two years of time . It's lik...