Imagine having to save, dollar for dollar, what you need in retirement. Now add in inflation. Your dollars need to keep up with the rising prices of all that stuff you’ll want and need in retirement. You’d have to out save that anchor slowly dragging down your dollar’s purchasing power.
This is why you invest.
Your money must keep up with the rising cost of inflation. In truth, inflation is what you’re really trying to beat when you invest.
Saving money is the first step in everyone’s process. Step two is to protect your savings from, and grow it faster than, inflation because your savings goes further when you do. Continue Reading…
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