XIRR of Inflation (2000 to 2013) = 2.1%
2. Uncle8888 is an old human asset that depreciates with time .....
XIRR of Salary (2000 to 2013) = 0.7%
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3. Uncle8888's Investment Portfolio Performance
XIRR of Investment Portfolio (Jan 2000 to 25 Apr 2014) = 9.6%
4. Impact of inflation?
Fortunately, the poor return of 0.7% from an old human asset is compensated by higher investment return of 9.6%.
The Moral of the Story ...
Most human asset after 20 or 30 years of working will start to depreciate with time. Sad truth!
So how?
We may have little choice; but spend some effort and time to learn more on investing and to manage our investment portfolio to beat inflation by some percentage unless we are ......