How Inflation Destroys Your Savings — And What Actually Beats It

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The money in your savings account isn’t sitting still. It’s shrinking — slowly, quietly, every year. The Number Most People Never Calculate Imagine you have $100,000 in a savings account earning 0.5% interest. After 10 years, you have about $105,114. That feels like progress. Now adjust for inflation at 3% per year. In real terms … Leer más