I began my career as a financial advisor in the summer of 2000. At the end of that year the yield on the ten year Treasury bond was 5.12%. If I had purchased a $10,000 ten year that day I would have received interest of approximately $512 per year. If I didn’t sell the security […]
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“By a continuing process of inflation, government can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens.” John Maynard Keynes The above quote notwithstanding, there is one government program that can significantly help the individual investor during a period of high inflation. It is the lowly savings bond, specifically the Series
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‘The Times They Are a-Changin’ -Bob Dylan Inflation has often been called a “silent thief”. It slowly steals your savings and income without you even seeing a decline on your bank statement. Inflation is like a tax you don’t see. A pickpocket that steals the value of your cash rather than the cash itself. In
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