⚡ LIGHTNING ROUND

⚠️ Silent Losses: Your cash lost five figures of buying power in just 3 years — without a single swipe.

🛒 Everyday Pinch: Groceries, rent, even pizza night — all quietly ratcheted higher while paychecks stayed flat.

🔒 The Overlooked Shield: Wall Street ignores it. The government issues it. It rises when prices rise.

💼 Wealthy Families’ Trick: They stack these assets in ladders that grow with the cost of living.

🧠 The Play Today: Shift a slice of “safe money” into this inflation hedge — and stop letting termites eat your savings.

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INVESTING TIPS & OPPORTUNITIES

Every year, Americans lose $18,000 of buying power without even noticing.

Not from bad trades.

Not from blowing cash on Starbucks.

But from inflation termites chewing through your savings.

First it’s the grocery cart.

$100 now rings up at $125.

Then the rent check.

Up $500 in a single year.

Even date night pizza feels like a splurge.

Everywhere you look, the same story.

Your money buys less.

This is inflation.

The invisible thief.

Stealing not dollars from your wallet…

…but choices from your life.

The vacation you promised the kids.

The house in that neighborhood.

The freedom to walk away from work when you’re ready — not when you’re told.

Inflation steals them quietly.

But the government left a crack in the system.

The loophole hiding in plain sight.

The government sells a weapon against this thief.

Right there on TreasuryDirect.gov, Vanguard, Fidelity.

Bonds that literally rise when prices rise.

They’re called TIPS.

Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities.

Not restaurant tips.

Not financial advisor “tips.”

But bonds whose payouts scale up with inflation.

Here’s how it works.

When CPI climbs, your bond principal climbs too.

When milk and rent go up, so does your payout.

It’s the closest thing to an inflation insurance policy a regular investor can buy.

And almost no one uses them.

Because no one explains them.

And Wall Street makes no money marketing them.

What if your income rose every time prices did?

That’s exactly what wealthy families lock in.

They quietly ladder TIPS.

10 years. 20 years.

Cash flows that rise with the cost of living.

They don’t wonder if their money will keep up.

They know it will.

But don’t take our word for it.

Look at the chart yourself:

👉 Purchasing power of the U.S. dollar since 1913 →

That line only goes one way.

Down.

And TIPS are one of the few assets designed to move the other way.

Here’s the play.

Keep your emergency cash liquid.

But take a slice of your “safe money”… and shift it into TIPS or a TIPS ETF like TIP (iShares).

That way when prices spike, your protection spikes too.

Inflation isn’t a storm that passes.

It’s termites in the foundation.

You don’t argue about it.

You reinforce the house.

Stop paying tips.

Start buying TIPS.

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