alt Hacker NewsStock market returns will tend to exceed inflation. Salary may not. It's quite possible for inflation to make your salary shrink in real terms, making it no longer worth working if you can afford to retire.
Stock market returns will tend to exceed inflation. Salary may not. It's quite possible for inflation to make your salary shrink in real terms, making it no longer worth working if you can afford to retire.
There is absolutely no guarantee that stock market returns exceed inflation. The big US indices have for the last few decades, but they're extreme outliers.