Explore TIPS: A Practical Guide to Investing in Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities
The Finance Buff a.k.a. TFB is a pseudonym used by a blogger who writes a blog by the same name at thefinancebuff.com.  TFB holds an MBA degree in Finance. He also has a Certified Employee Benefits Specialist (CEBS) designation from the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans and the Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania.  TFB has been sharing his experience and thoughts about personal finance with online readers since 2006. Today, more than 50,000 people visit his blog in any month. He was the author of a chapter on defined benefit pension plans in Bogleheads' Guide to Retirement Planning (John Wiley & Sons, 2009).