Assets protecting against inflation bugaboo on track to record best gains since 2011
Assets protecting against inflation bugaboo on track to record best gains since 2011 Published: Dec. 29, 2020 at 1:58 p.m. ET By Getty Images Another year, another double-digit percentage annual gain for U.S. Treasury inflation-protected securities. That’s a rare feat for a stodgy asset class often considered the province of pensioners fearful of the ravages of higher prices for food, clothes, rent and gas. Though inflation has struggled to make a return to the U.S. economy, especially after this year’s recession in the wake of the coronarvirus pandemic, expectation...