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....
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....
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....
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....
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....
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....
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 comes from....