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  • News From Press Long term investments must be in equity to beat inflation: Expert view

    Long term investments must be in equity to beat inflation: Expert view

    Source: Economic Times Mar 21, 2017

    The best way is to say it bluntly: Your long-term investments must be kept in equity-backed investments. Not doing so will expose you to the dire spectre of old-age poverty. 

    Except for the small proportion of people who have inherently inflation-linked lifelong income, everyone else must invest almost all their long-term investments in equity. 

    Last week, I had concluded this column by showing that deposit-type savings yield very little real (above inflation rate) rates of return and those who depend on these exclusively need to save a lot more in order to avoid hardships in the future. Unless you have earn rental income that can be hiked periodically, or you have a government pension, you will have to fight inflation yourself. 

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