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What Goes Into the Price of Gas?

This article contains a graphical breakdown of what goes into the price of gas and how it's changed over recent years. read more »
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What is the Real Definition of Inflation? [INFOGRAPHIC]

Learn about how the definition of inflation has changed over the years -- and look at average inflation through the decades. read more »
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Food Prices: Planning for Food Prices Inflation?

Reports of food inflation were released by the United Nations, and the USDA has warned that food prices are likely to continue rising in 2011. So how[...] read more »
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Inflation: Silent Wealth Killer

One of the things that many people fail to consider when making financial plans for the future is inflation. It sort of creeps up on you, commonly ma[...] read more »
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Misery Index Hits a New High: You Don’t Have to be a Victim

Have you heard of the misery index? The misery index calculation is actually very simple, it’s the sum of the unemployment rate and the rate of infla[...] read more »
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What Inflation Will Do to Your Retirement Savings @ fivecentnickel.com

Because of the compounding effect of inflation over time, failing to account for inflation in your retirement savings plan can be as devastating as l[...] read more »
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Zimbabwe Introduces the $50 Billion Dollar, Which Buys a Loaf of Bread

The country's central bank has today released the new note into circulation in their attempt to battle hyperinflation. According to today's estimat[...] read more »
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Help Your Retirement Account Beat Inflation

You can protect your retirement portfolio from inflation. read more »
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Beat Inflation By Buying These 7 Food Staples

The USDA expects food prices to rise in 2011, and we could see increased prices even further down the road. You, however, can help protect yourself a[...] read more »
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You Should Care About Inflation

Inflation is relatively sneaky. You don’t see it in your taxes, and you don’t write a separate check for it. Instead, inflation manifests itself as a[...] read more »
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Inflation: Should you use nominal or real rates of return?

When it comes to inflation, there is a very important distinction between a real and nominal rate of return. Let’s look at what these terms mean. read more »
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The Irritation Threshold and Lifestyle Inflation

Somewhere between $5 and $50,000 is a line, a threshold of sorts: the Irritation Threshold. [...] read more »
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What’s Your Personal Inflation Rate?

Instead of just tracking what is happening with inflation in the economy, you can also look at your own personal inflation rate, and figure out which[...] read more »
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TIPS: Inflation Protection For Your Portfolio

If you want to add a little more stability to your portfolio while keeping pace with inflation, Treasury inflation-protected securities (TIPS) might [...] read more »
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Watch College Conspiracy (The Documentary Colleges Don't Want You to See)

A documentary that takes a peek into how and why college has become such a high cost it is causing student loan debt to rise at breaking speed. How e[...] read more »
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