Hi Jan,

Episode 209 of our Retire With Style podcast is out now!
We have a new Retire With Style episode out this week, and it is a Q&A focused on Treasury Inflation Protected Securities, or TIPS, and how they fit into a retirement income plan.

Alex and I dig into why TIPS are designed to do one job very well, protect purchasing power, and where they tend to fit best in retirement. We talk about the timing of building a TIPS ladder, why interest rate movements are so difficult to predict, and how TIPS compare with stocks and bond funds when the goal is reliable, inflation adjusted income.

We also cover how TIPS can help manage sequence of returns risk, why bond funds may not behave the way many retirees expect, and how a TIPS ladder can support delaying Social Security as part of a broader income strategy. As always, the focus is on tradeoffs and how different tools work together, not on finding a single right answer.

If TIPS, inflation, or retirement income planning have been on your mind, I think you will find this episode especially helpful. Listen now to learn more!