On Apr 15, 2:40 pm, Horace Heffner <hheff...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> I'm looking for a low market exposure brokerage in which to hold TIPS
> in an IRA for 10 years or more. This is intended to be a repository
> for the highly secure ****tion of a ****tfolio, similar in function to
> gold, but without the downside risk, and with the prospect of making a
> small amount above inflation. I would therefore like to avoid market
> makers and investment banks and brokerages or wire services owned by
> such or with significant exposure to market conditions. The only such
> brokerage I have found so far is Edward Jones, but I would like to
> find one or more alternatives with lower markups and commissions.
> Please feel free to respond to hheffner at mtaonline.net. Thanks.
>
> Horace Heffner
>
You can buy TIPS using Treasury Direct from your bank account. I
wonder if you can open an IRA in the bank of your choice and buy TIPS
from there using Treasury Direct.
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