TIPS
Portal pressure relief
TIPS stands for Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities, U.S. government bonds whose principal adjusts with inflation.
Investors buy TIPS to preserve purchasing power when prices rise: TIPS outperformed conventional bonds during the inflationary period. (Lowercase tips refers to gratuities, advice, or pointed ends.)
bond
State-issued debt securities
- purchasing powerEconomic spending ability
- inflation hedgeAsset maintaining worth during devaluation
- I-bondsInflation-indexed savings instruments
government bonds
State-issued debt securities
- purchasing powerEconomic spending ability
- inflation hedgeAsset maintaining worth during devaluation
- I-bondsInflation-indexed savings instruments
- bondsbond, corporate bond, corporate bonds, government bond, municipal bond
- investmentsbonds, stocks, securities, investment, equities
- financial instrumentspromissory notes, check, bond fund, cheque, checks
- fixed incomebonds, treasuries, T-bills, CDs, treasury bonds
- inflationinflation, CPI, price hikes, hyperinflation, cost-push inflation
- treasuryUS Treasury, Treasury Department, treasury bonds, Exchequer, state treasury
gratuity/payment
TIPSsalary
Fixed periodic employment payment
withholding · base pay · stiffs · wages · fixed fee
information sharing
TIPSmisinformation
False data spread unintentionally
bad advice · misdirection · disinformation · deception · lies
- tip overFall sideways from standing
- tip of the tongueVerge of recollection
- tip of the icebergVisible portion suggesting hidden mass
- tipping pointThreshold triggering major change
- tip offSecretly inform beforehand
- on tiptoeWalking on ball-feet
tip, tiptoe, tipped, tiptoed, tipping, tiptoes, tipster, overtip, untipped