👴💰👵 How to Protect Your Nest Egg from Rising Inflation (AARP Article)

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FROM THE ARTICLE.

These steps can help protect your savings as rising prices erode retirees’ purchasing power.

By Cameron Huddleston, AARP. Published November 04, 2025.

Your wallet isn’t the only thing feeling the impact of inflation. Your retirement savings are too.

More than half of 401(k) participants say inflation is their primary obstacle to saving for a comfortable retirement, according to a July 2025 survey by Charles Schwab. “It’s no surprise that inflation tops the worry list for today’s 401(k) savers,” says Patrick Huey, a certified financial planner and owner of Victory Independent Planning in Naples, Florida. “Everything from groceries to health care reminds us that a dollar just doesn’t go as far as it used to.”

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https://www.aarp.org/money/personal-finance/protect-nest-egg/

[GailL1 · Accepted solution]

Kind of makes one wonder why there is such opposition to placing some of one’s  Social Security contributions into selected index funds or Treasuries.  

Then there is also what savings should come before retirement savings max out - that is establishing an emergency fund that can get one thru at least a few months.  It also can be used to pad earnings from some inflation among other help -