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Touring Wrangell-St. Elias National Park

Inflation Hedging Indexes

INFLATION:
Index
 
 
Most recent CPI data:
Consumer Price Index (CPI)
0.93%
June 30, 2010


Year-to-date INFLATION-LINKED BONDS through: September 9, 2010
Index
This month %
 
Year -to- date %
 
Description
Barclays TIPS
-0.72%
5.6%
Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS)
ML Global Govt Inflation-Linked Index
-0.38%
5.33%
 

Year-to-date COMMODITIES through: September 9, 2010
Index
This month %
 
Year -to- date %
 
Description
DJ-AIG Commodity Total Return
3.25%
-2.88%
CRB Futures Index
3.52%
6.15%
17 commodities (metals 24%, energy 18%)

Year-to-date INDIVIDUAL COMMODITIES through: September 9, 2010

Index
This month %
 
Year -to- date %
 
Description
DJ AIG Energy Index
1.4%
-20.11%
 
DJ AIG Petroleum Index
3.31%
-11.29%
 
DJ AIG Grains Index
5.96%
5.82%
 
DJ AIG Industrial Metals Index
3.61%
-2.9%
 
DJ AIG Precious Metals Index
0.6%
14.62%
 

Year-to-date TIMBER through: September 9, 2010

Index
This month %
 
Year -to- date %
 
Description
World Timber
6.42%
2.25%

Year-to-date GOLD through: September 9, 2010

Index
This month %
 
Year -to- date %
 
Description
Gold
1.62%
13.54%
London gold price

Year-to-date DIRECT ENERGY through: September 9, 2010

Index
This month %
 
Year -to- date %
 
Description
Oil
6.24%
-7.92%
Amex Oil Index

Year-to-date Real Estate through: September 9, 2010

Index
This month %
 
Year -to- date %
 
Description
DJW U.S. REITs
3.6%
18.25%
U.S. real estate investment trusts
DJW U.S. RESI
3.66%
18.33%
U.S. real estate-related securities
DJW REITs ex U.S.
4.84%
5.25%
Foreign real estate (REITs)
DJW Global REITs
4.09%
12.72%
Global real estate (U.S. and foreign REITs)

Read Bob Greer of PIMCO's Inflation Hedging Investments Chart