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by ac29 552 days ago
If you want to make an argument about inflation metrics being wrong, feel free to show your data and math.

Claims that inflation adjusted bonds don't actually track (average) inflation need evidence.

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https://www.ishares.com/us/products/239467/ishares-tips-bond...

3.6% annual return since Dec 2003. 1.036^20=2.0286.

Home prices have more than doubled since then, for a large portion of the US. Source for that is going to Zillow, searching a home in a major metro, and looking at price history.