TIPS Archives | Wealthfront Blog Personal Finance & Investing Insights Wed, 12 Jan 2022 01:12:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/cropped-wave-logo-transparent-hi-res-500x500.png TIPS Archives | Wealthfront Blog 32 32 How to Forecast Future Inflation Rates https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/forecast-inflation/ Wed, 24 Aug 2016 17:01:05 +0000 http://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=6933 Estimating inflation accurately is enormously important to the development of a viable financial plan.  Misforecast inflation by 1% and the plan might not be able to cover living expenses upon retirement.  The challenge is finding a credible way to forecast inflation. As is the case with most financial statistics, the best estimate is usually found […]

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]]> Inflation: How Should Investors Prepare for the Future? https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/inflation-investors-prepare-future/ Thu, 14 Aug 2014 15:42:33 +0000 http://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=4577 Recent data on inflation reminds us of the famous Sherlock Holmes “dog that didn’t bark.” Despite numerous warnings from financial-market pundits that inflation is just around the corner, inflation statistics remain benign and surveys of inflation expectations suggest that price-level expectations are well contained.  So what is the outlook for inflation? Are there reasons for […]

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