Navigating Inflation: Essential Insights for American Tower Employees to Safeguard Their Retirement Plans

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As a American Tower employee earning a good wage, remember when everyday products were much cheaper than they are now? That's a real-life example of inflation, an unavoidable phenomenon that erodes the value of money by pushing prices up over time. If capital isn't being put to work and making a return during inflationary periods, the purchasing power of investor capital is declining.

 

'If capital isn't being put to work and making a return during inflationary periods, the purchasing power of investor capital is declining.'

 

As a American Tower employee interested in investing, it is important to consider how investors have a wide range of tools at their disposal to protect their portfolios from inflation. Some prefer inflation-protected bonds, while others swear by commodities such as gold as effective inflation hedges. Investing in stocks has historically been one of the best ways to offset, or even outpace, inflation's degenerative effects on one's savings. For American Tower employees, it is important to account for this information when planning your finances as to create a portfolio that minimizes volatility and accounts for inflation.

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