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Inflation

Purchasing power erosion and how to protect against it

Week 9 Day 1: Your Money Is Shrinking Right Now

Inflation means prices rise over time. If your money is not growing at least as fast as inflation, you are getting poorer every day....

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Week 9 Day 2: The Grocery Store Does Not Lie

You feel inflation at the grocery store before you see it in any report. The prices you pay every week tell the real story....

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Week 9 Day 3: Cash Is Melting

Keeping large amounts of cash 'safe' in a savings account losing 1-3% per year to inflation is one of the riskiest things you can do with money....

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Week 9 Day 4: Stocks Have Beaten Inflation for 200 Years

Since 1802, U.S. stocks have returned roughly 6.7% above inflation annually. No other common asset class has beaten inflation as consistently....

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Week 9 Day 5: The 3% Invisible Tax

Think of inflation as a 3% annual tax on all your cash holdings. No politician imposed it. No vote approved it. But it is real, and it compounds....

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Week 9 Day 6: Nominal vs. Real Returns

A 10% return in a year with 3% inflation is really a 7% gain. Always think in 'real' terms -- what your money can actually buy....

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Week 9 Day 7: Invest to Stay Even, Invest More to Get Ahead

Matching inflation keeps you in place. Beating inflation builds wealth. Stocks have historically beaten inflation by 4-7% per year. That is where real wealth co...

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