One of the realities of our economy is inflation. Inflation, which is a rise in prices (or a reduction in purchasing power) has a very real effect on your finances. As inflation increases, your ability to get more for your money decreases. This means that it takes more money to buy the same amount of product or service as you could buy a few years ago. Unfortunately, there is almost no way to stop inflation. Hedging against inflation, is something you can work on so that your wealth grows at pace with inflation — or beats it. [Read more…] about Hedging Against Inflation