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Interest Rates, Inflation, and Investment Strategy Part 2: Understanding Inflation
Categories: Article, Breaking News, Economics, General Audience, Interest, Inflation & Investing, Politics, Report Description: Part 2 in a 3-part series covering current concerns about interest rates (part 1), inflation (in this part 2) and what these influences mean to investors (part 3).

Interest Rates, Inflation, and Investment Strategy Part 1: Understanding Interest Rates
Interest Rates, Inflation, and Investment Strategy Part 1: Understanding Interest Rates. Almost everyone is familiar with interest rates. That said, far fewer know what to make of the Fed’s target funds rate in particular. Everyone from economists, to politicians, to the financial press seems to always be talking about them. Markets rise or fall when the Fed comments on them. They’re often treated as synonymous with interest rates in general. They must be important, right? Well, yes, the target funds rate is important. But not in the way you might expect.

A Different Approach to Year-End Planning
Every year, I encourage our clients to take stock of their financial situation. It’s especially important to focus on activities that are time sensitive. Here are some of the more significant ones.