Rather than complaining whenever your bills go up in price, here is why you should own bank and utility stocks to help fight off inflation.
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Rather than complaining whenever your bills go up in price, here is why you should own bank and utility stocks to help fight off inflation.
Your personal inflation rate may be a lot different than the national rate based on your consumption habits and preferences.
Have you heard of the misery index? The misery index calculation is actually very simple, it’s the sum of the unemployment rate and the rate of inflation.
Instead of just tracking what is happening with inflation in the economy, you can also look at your own personal inflation rate, and figure out which areas are most likely to affect you.

If the yield on a CD is high enough, it can beat inflation, providing some (low) returns, while helping you preserve capital. But what happens if inflation arrives in full force, while you are still locked into today’s low interest yields?
When it comes to inflation, there is a very important distinction between a real and nominal rate of return. Let’s look at what these terms mean.
When you are doing retirement planning, it's important that you factor inflation into the projections. Inflation changes the value of money over time.

A major concern these days is the effect of inflation on the economy. Many are looking at ways of hedging against inflation to make sure their spending power doesn't diminish. See some ways to hedge against inflation.
Inflation represents a rise in prices; it’s a decline in your purchasing power. One of the goals of your investing plan should be to beat inflation.
It is important to plan ahead, and make moves now to help you so that your earnings will be high enough that you are still ahead — even after inflation takes its toll. Here are 3 ways to reduce your exposure to inflation.








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