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Ways to Combat Inflation in Retirement

The financial shock of soaring inflation in 2022 caught everyone off guard. Within a matter of months, the price of rent, fuel, and countless consumer goods went through the roof. Having been in a period of relatively low, calm inflation for decades led us not to worry about this financial expense, until things went really wrong.

While inflation is now trending downward, inflation is historically always present, and there’s still a threat that unusually high inflation can rear its ugly head once again, especially given that most retirees expect to live another 20 to 30 years once they leave the workforce.

4 Stock Market Lessons the Coronavirus Has Taught Us

At the date of this writing, Monday August 24th, the S&P 500 has just closed at a record high. While this is exciting to most “buy-and-hold” investors, many investors also understandably perplexed. In the face of massive unemployment and the coronavirus pandemic that is still ending the lives of thousands worldwide everyday, why would the stock market be performing well?

Most People Are Really Bad Investors. Here Are 4 Ways to Fix It.

Have you ever read an article or seen an image that makes such a deep impression on you that you have a hard time forgetting it? This happened to me last year.

I was reading an article about the success of regular investors like you and me. It was comparing how investors perform compared to different types of assets. For example, how does the average person’s investing success compare to the performance of energy stocks, or gold, or the S&P 500?