How To Beat Inflation With Treasury Ladders

Inflation and Your Money with Fexingo: Protecting Purchasing Power and Beating Inflation · Oct 8, 2026 · 8m · transcript

With the Fed Funds rate holding near three point seven five percent and core PCE stubbornly above one percent year-over-year, keeping cash in a standard savings account is a guaranteed wealth leak. This episode breaks down the mechanics of a Treasury ladder as a disciplined alternative to chasing risky yield spreads or sitting on depreciating dollars. We look at how locking in current ten-year yields protects purchasing power against the thirty-three-four-one CPI reading while offering liquidity through staggered maturities. Lucas walks through the specific allocation strategy for a mid-sized…