Inflation-Hedgers Now Have an ETF With Ultra-Short TIPS (1)

Investors looking to protect their portfolios against inflation while also minimizing exposure to swings in interest rates now have an exchange-traded fund to do so.

Boutique asset manager F/m Investments launched its Ultrashort Treasury Inflation-Protected Security ETF Tuesday under the ticker RBIL. The fund, which will track an index of inflation-linked bonds with 13 months or less to maturity, is the first of its kind to focus exclusively on the shortest end of the Treasury curve.

The ETF launch underscores the recent trend of investors flocking to shorter-term TIPS products to limit so-called duration risks, after brutal losses in 2022 ...