Posts Tagged ‘ Inflation ’

Managing Inflation Risk

Jan 15th, 2010 | By Charles L. Stanley CFP® ChFC AIF® | Category: Featured Articles

As the stock market has improved, more investors have shifted their concern from weathering the financial crisis to anticipating the inflationary effects of rising federal spending and debt. Many folks are asking how they can prepare for potentially higher inflation. This article explores two basic ways to address inflation uncertainty and highlights asset groups that [...]

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Inflation, Living Standards, and Returns

Aug 6th, 2009 | By Charles L. Stanley CFP® ChFC AIF® | Category: Featured Articles

James L. Davis, Vice President, Dimensional Fund Advisors
Investors are concerned about inflation, and rightly so. Average annual inflation in the US between 1929 and 2008 was nearly 3.3%. A dollar at the end of 2008 had about the same purchasing power as eight cents did at the beginning of 1929. Protecting the purchasing power of [...]

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