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Touring Wrangell-St. Elias National Park

Inflation Hedging Indexes

INFLATION:
Index
 
 
Most recent CPI data:
Consumer Price Index (CPI)
4.5%
December 30, 2011


Year-to-date INFLATION-LINKED BONDS through: February 6, 2012
Index
This month %
 
Year -to- date %
 
Description
Barclays TIPS
-0.39%
1.89%
Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS)
ML Global Govt Inflation-Linked Index
-0.14%
1.28%
 

Year-to-date COMMODITIES through: February 6, 2012
Index
This month %
 
Year -to- date %
 
Description
DJ-AIG Commodity Total Return
1.17%
3.67%
CRB Futures Index
1.18%
5.85%
17 commodities (metals 24%, energy 18%)

Year-to-date INDIVIDUAL COMMODITIES through: February 6, 2012

Index
This month %
 
Year -to- date %
 
Description
DJ AIG Energy Index
1.41%
-2.11%
 
DJ AIG Petroleum Index
1.22%
3.44%
 
DJ AIG Grains Index
1.45%
1.45%
 
DJ AIG Industrial Metals Index
1.17%
12.22%
 
DJ AIG Precious Metals Index
-0.34%
12.3%
 

Year-to-date TIMBER through: February 6, 2012

Index
This month %
 
Year -to- date %
 
Description
World Timber
3.38%
14.1%

Year-to-date GOLD through: February 6, 2012

Index
This month %
 
Year -to- date %
 
Description
Gold
-1.21%
9.05%
London gold price

Year-to-date DIRECT ENERGY through: February 6, 2012

Index
This month %
 
Year -to- date %
 
Description
Oil
3.42%
6.02%
Amex Oil Index

Year-to-date Real Estate through: February 6, 2012

Index
This month %
 
Year -to- date %
 
Description
DJW U.S. REITs
2.24%
8.81%
U.S. real estate investment trusts
DJW U.S. RESI
2.31%
8.96%
U.S. real estate-related securities
DJW REITs ex U.S.
1.95%
8.81%
Foreign real estate (REITs)
DJW Global REITs
2.14%
8.83%
Global real estate (U.S. and foreign REITs)

Read Bob Greer of PIMCO's Inflation Hedging Investments Chart