South Windsor has a large retirement population and many on fixed incomes. You hear in the news everyday about raising interstates, so what does that mean? As inflation and interest rates rise, bond prices could fall. There are investment strategies that may provide greater protection of principal in higher interest rate environments than bonds. Real estate, for example, may provide better protection against higher rates than bonds. Bond yields are fixed once investors buy bonds, but yields on real estate may adjust for fluctuations in rates.
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