February 27, 2023 – In today's Lifetime Planning episode, Jim Puplava breaks down his recent article posted on Financial Sense, Seeking Alpha, and elsewhere explaining why blue-chip dividend paying stocks are likely to play a much more important role this decade in achieving retirement goals (see here for the full article: The Ultimate Inflation Hedge: Dividends). Jim goes through multiple examples of fixed-income returns when investing in long-term bonds at various inflation rates, the loss of purchasing power that results, and how certain financial industry rules-of-thumb (particularly in a 60-40 bond portfolio) lose their effectiveness in a period of stagnant market returns with higher-than-average rates of inflation. If you would like to speak with one of our advisors or have someone from our team reach out to you, feel free to leave us a message on our Contact Us page or give us a call at 888.486.3939.
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