New money from investors and market gains have boosted total assets in mutual funds investing in TIPS nearly 36 percent so far this year, to $57 billion at the end of August, according to Morningstar Inc. … until maturity and are nervous about managing your investment over time, you can buy into a mutual fund that focuses on TIPS , or an exchange-traded fund . Like TIPS mutual funds , TIPS ETFs hold baskets of TIPS with varying maturities, but can be traded like a stock . …

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