5 ways to keep inflation from wrecking your retirement
Worried high inflation could impact your retirement? Here’s what to do to help limit the risks.
5 min read
May 24, 2024
Brian Baker, CFA
Former Senior Writer, Investing and Retirement
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16Years of experience
EXPERTISE
- Investing
- Wealth management
- Behavioral finance
- Stock analysis and valuation
EDUCATION
- CFA Institute
- Bachelor of Arts, Finance, Michigan State University
- Master of Science, Journalism, Northwestern University
Brian Baker, CFA, covered investing and retirement for Bankrate. He previously worked in equity research at Diamond Hill Capital Management and is a CFA Charterholder. His work has appeared online in various publications including MarketWatch, Fortune, the Omaha World-Herald, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, The Detroit News, MSN and Yahoo Finance. He also serves on the Investment Task Force for the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing.
Prior to joining Bankrate, he covered mergers and acquisitions for MLex Market Insight in Washington, D.C. Baker is passionate about helping people make sense of complicated financial topics so that they can better plan for their financial futures.
Readers can rely on his articles to learn more about a variety of investing topics such as how to start investing, investing through mutual funds, when to sell a stock and how investors can manage their emotions.
Baker’s passion for investing developed in college after reading about the success of long-term investors like Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger.
Investing can be intimidating, but following some basic principles can put you on the path to achieving your financial goals.
— Brian Baker, CFA
Brian's latest articles
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The Dow crossed 40,000 for the first time – Should you keep investing in stocks or wait?
How to invest when stocks are at all-time highs.
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4 ways to tell if a stock is undervalued
Looking for value stocks? Here are some tips for finding bargains in the stock market.
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Post-pandemic problems: These stocks are still down more than 50 percent from their Covid highs
Covid collapse: These stocks still haven’t regained their pandemic highs.
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Hottest dating apps for your portfolio
How investors can profit off of dating app stocks.
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Warren Buffett’s top stock picks of all time and longest held investments
Warren Buffett’s top stock picks and longest held investments.
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