Tag: Explainer
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TIPS vs I-Bonds: How Do TIPS Protect Against Inflation? And How Are They Different From I-Bonds?
TIPS are issued by the US Treasury and are indexed to inflation in order to protect investors from a decline in purchasing power of their money. They have a fixed inflation rate and a principal that is adjusted according to […]
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Is Retirement Dead? Most Americans Have No Retirement Savings
Six years ago, I wrote an article titled ‘Grasshopper Nation’, warning about how poorly prepared Americans are for retirement. Sadly, the data has only gotten worse since then. I’ll deliver the punchline here first, and then get into the underlying […]
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Retirement Reality-Check: Millions Won’t Be Able To Afford To Retire. Will You?
What happens when the majority of people can’t afford to retire? We’re about to find out. A retirement crisis is looming dead ahead. Simply put: we’re not saving enough to retire. We’re putting too little money away. Every generational cohort […]
