Treasury Inflation Protected Securities - Worth It?

[This post is written and copyrighted by FIRE Finance (http://firefinance.blogspot.com).]While the U.S. economy is in recession and the stock market in shambles, is it a good idea to invest in Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS)?We feel that this is probably the best time to invest in TIPS. The reason being the fact that our economy is in deflation (negative inflation). TIPS safe