If inflation continues at the pace of last week’s Producer Price Index surge of 1.7 %, iShares Barclays TIPS Bond (TIP) will continue to set 52-week highs. While stocks received all the headlines following the Federal Reserve’s decision to launch QE3 without an expiration date, the dollar getting cracked went relatively unnoticed. Fortunately, there a number of ways investors can protect their purchasing power against a slumping dollar but reaching for higher yields with safety is becoming more difficult.