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Inflation and Your Money with Fexingo: Protecting Purchasing Power and Beating Inflation
Inflation is not a single number — it is a tax that hits every asset, every salary, and every grocery run differently. Lucas and Luna dig past the headline CPI print to show you where real purchasing power is being eroded and where it can be defended. Each episode opens with fresh data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Federal Reserve, and real-time market moves. Lucas frames the macro forces — wage-price spirals, shelter inflation lags, Fed rate trajectories — while Luna tests every…
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Inflation and Your Money with Fexingo: Protecting Purchasing Power and Beating InflationHow Inflation Eats Your Fixed Annuity Income
In this episode, Lucas and Luna dig into a retirement income tool that sounds bulletproof: the fixed annuity. With inflation running hotter than the typical 3…
- Inflation and Your Money with Fexingo: Protecting Purchasing Power and Beating Inflation
How Inflation Eats Your Treasury Bond Premium
In this episode of Inflation and Your Money, Lucas and Luna unpack a quiet but costly phenomenon: the inflation premium built into long-term Treasury bonds…
- Inflation and Your Money with Fexingo: Protecting Purchasing Power and Beating Inflation
How Inflation Is Quietly Eating Your Mattress Money
In this episode of Inflation and Your Money with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna tackle a hidden cost of holding cash: the slow erosion of purchasing power. Using the…
- Inflation and Your Money with Fexingo: Protecting Purchasing Power and Beating Inflation
How Inflation Is Quietly Eating Your Bank Sweep Accounts
Lucas and Luna dig into a corner of personal finance most of us never check: the sweep account behind our checking balances. With the Fed holding rates near…
- Inflation and Your Money with Fexingo: Protecting Purchasing Power and Beating Inflation
How Inflation Eats Your College Savings Plan
In this episode of Inflation and Your Money with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna dig into a fresh angle: college savings. With the cost of a four-year degree rising…
- Inflation and Your Money with Fexingo: Protecting Purchasing Power and Beating Inflation
How Inflation Is Quietly Eating Your Gold Miners Profits
In this episode of Inflation and Your Money with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna take a fresh look at gold miners—a sector that's up over 12% in a week while gold…
- Inflation and Your Money with Fexingo: Protecting Purchasing Power and Beating Inflation
How Inflation Is Quietly Eating Your Gold Miners Profits
Episode 166 of Inflation and Your Money with Fexingo drills into a surprising margin squeeze inside the gold-mining industry. While gold prices have jumped…
- Inflation and Your Money with Fexingo: Protecting Purchasing Power and Beating Inflation
How Inflation Is Quietly Eating Your Gold Miners Profits
Gold is up nearly four percent in a week, and the miners are up more than nine percent. But Lucas and Luna dig into the uncomfortable truth about gold mining…
- Inflation and Your Money with Fexingo: Protecting Purchasing Power and Beating Inflation
How Inflation Is Quietly Eating Your Homeowners Insurance Deductible
Lucas and Luna break down why the average homeowners insurance deductible has crept up even as inflation cools, using the latest CPI and PCE data. They explain…
- Inflation and Your Money with Fexingo: Protecting Purchasing Power and Beating Inflation
How Inflation Is Quietly Eating Your Subscription Boxes
Subscription boxes have become a staple of modern convenience, but inflation has been quietly chipping away at their value. In this episode, Lucas and Luna…
- Inflation and Your Money with Fexingo: Protecting Purchasing Power and Beating Inflation
Why Your Social Security COLA Is Playing Catch-Up
In Episode 162 of Inflation and Your Money, Lucas and Luna dig into one of the most confusing inflation numbers for retirees: the Social Security…
- Inflation and Your Money with Fexingo: Protecting Purchasing Power and Beating Inflation
How Inflation Is Quietly Eating Your Credit Card Rewards Points
Do airline miles, cash back, and hotel points actually keep up with inflation? Lucas and Luna dig into the purchasing power of credit card rewards in a 5…
- Inflation and Your Money with Fexingo: Protecting Purchasing Power and Beating Inflation
How Inflation Is Quietly Eating Your Streaming Subscriptions
Episode 160 of Inflation and Your Money with Fexingo: Lucas and Luna dig into the quiet price creep behind your streaming bundles. With the July CPI at 332.8…
- Inflation and Your Money with Fexingo: Protecting Purchasing Power and Beating Inflation
How Inflation Is Quietly Eating Your Wine Collection
Lucas and Luna explore how inflation quietly erodes the value of collectible wine, a favorite alternative asset. They unpack the economics of wine storage…
- Inflation and Your Money with Fexingo: Protecting Purchasing Power and Beating Inflation
How Inflation Is Quietly Eating Your Bond Ladder
On this episode of Inflation and Your Money, Lucas and Luna tackle a retirement strategy that's supposed to be bulletproof: the bond ladder. While…
- Inflation and Your Money with Fexingo: Protecting Purchasing Power and Beating Inflation
Inflation Eats Your HSA Triple Tax Advantage
In this episode of Inflation and Your Money, Lucas and Luna explore how inflation can quietly erode the purchasing power of your Health Savings Account…
- Inflation and Your Money with Fexingo: Protecting Purchasing Power and Beating Inflation
Inflation and Your Paycheck How the CPI Shift Hits Home
In this episode of Inflation and Your Money, Lucas and Luna dig into a real number that just moved: the latest CPI reading came in at 332.6 for June 2026, down…
- Inflation and Your Money with Fexingo: Protecting Purchasing Power and Beating Inflation
How Inflation Eats Your Long-Term Care Insurance
Lucas and Luna kick off Episode 155 of Inflation and Your Money by unpacking a new set of inflation data from early August 2026, then dive into a topic that…
- Inflation and Your Money with Fexingo: Protecting Purchasing Power and Beating Inflation
Why Your Emergency Fund Is Losing to Inflation
In this episode of Inflation and Your Money, Lucas and Luna dig into a surprise: your emergency fund — the cash you set aside for a rainy day — is quietly…
- Inflation and Your Money with Fexingo: Protecting Purchasing Power and Beating Inflation
How Inflation Is Quietly Eating Your Cash Value Life Insurance
In this episode of Inflation and Your Money, Lucas and Luna dig into an overlooked casualty of rising prices: cash value life insurance. With the ten-year…
- Inflation and Your Money with Fexingo: Protecting Purchasing Power and Beating Inflation
How Inflation Is Quietly Eating Your Gold Investment
In this episode of Inflation and Your Money with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna examine how inflation is quietly eroding the real returns of gold investments. With…
- Inflation and Your Money with Fexingo: Protecting Purchasing Power and Beating Inflation
How Inflation Is Quietly Eating Your Gym Membership
In this episode of Inflation and Your Money with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore how the cost of staying fit has quietly outpaced headline inflation. With gym…
- Inflation and Your Money with Fexingo: Protecting Purchasing Power and Beating Inflation
How Inflation Is Quietly Eating Your Tipping Budget
In the 150th episode of Inflation and Your Money, Lucas and Luna drill into a cost most budgets ignore: the tip line. With inflation cooling to 2.6 percent and…
- Inflation and Your Money with Fexingo: Protecting Purchasing Power and Beating Inflation
How Inflation Is Quietly Eating Your Car Insurance Premiums
In Episode 149 of Inflation and Your Money, Lucas and Luna unpack how inflation is quietly eating your car insurance premiums. They start with a startling…
- Inflation and Your Money with Fexingo: Protecting Purchasing Power and Beating Inflation
How Inflation Is Quietly Eating Your Life Insurance Cash Value
Episode 148 of Inflation and Your Money with Fexingo digs into a corner of personal finance most of us ignore: whole life insurance cash value. Lucas and Luna…
- Inflation and Your Money with Fexingo: Protecting Purchasing Power and Beating Inflation
How Inflation Is Quietly Eating Your Emergency Fund
In this episode of Inflation and Your Money with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore how inflation is quietly eroding the purchasing power of emergency funds. With…
- Inflation and Your Money with Fexingo: Protecting Purchasing Power and Beating Inflation
How Inflation Is Quietly Eating Your Rental Property Cash Flow
Rental real estate is often called a perfect inflation hedge—but rising costs can quietly destroy cash flow. In this episode, Lucas and Luna examine a typical…
- Inflation and Your Money with Fexingo: Protecting Purchasing Power and Beating Inflation
How Inflation Is Quietly Eating Your Retirement Withdrawal Rate
In this episode, Lucas and Luna examine how persistent inflation—even at moderate levels—is quietly eroding the purchasing power of the classic 4 percent…
- Inflation and Your Money with Fexingo: Protecting Purchasing Power and Beating Inflation
How Inflation Is Quietly Eating Your Fixed Annuity Income
Retirees with fixed annuities are losing purchasing power even as headline inflation cools. In this episode, Lucas and Luna break down how a seemingly safe…
- Inflation and Your Money with Fexingo: Protecting Purchasing Power and Beating Inflation
How Inflation Is Quietly Eating Your 2026 Raise
Lucas and Luna examine why the average 2026 salary raise may not be enough to keep up with inflation, even as CPI cools to 332.6. They break down the real…
- Inflation and Your Money with Fexingo: Protecting Purchasing Power and Beating Inflation
How Inflation Is Quietly Eating Your Dividend Stock Returns
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore how even as headline inflation cools, dividend stock investors may still see their purchasing power erode. With the S&P…
- Inflation and Your Money with Fexingo: Protecting Purchasing Power and Beating Inflation
How Inflation Is Quietly Eating Your Money Market Fund Returns
In Episode 141 of Inflation and Your Money with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna dig into the quiet erosion of money market fund returns. With the Fed holding rates at…
- Inflation and Your Money with Fexingo: Protecting Purchasing Power and Beating Inflation
How Inflation Is Quietly Eating Your Brokerage Cash Sweep
If you've got cash sitting idle in a brokerage account, you could be losing hundreds of dollars a year in purchasing power. Most brokerages pay near-zero…
- Inflation and Your Money with Fexingo: Protecting Purchasing Power and Beating Inflation
How Inflation Is Quietly Eating Your Credit Card Rewards
Episode 139 of Inflation and Your Money with Fexingo examines how inflation erodes the value of credit card reward points, miles, and cashback. Lucas and Luna…
- Inflation and Your Money with Fexingo: Protecting Purchasing Power and Beating Inflation
How Inflation Is Quietly Eating Your Digital Wallet Balance
If you've got money sitting in Venmo, PayPal, or Cash App, it's likely earning zero percent—meaning inflation is quietly eroding its purchasing…
- Inflation and Your Money with Fexingo: Protecting Purchasing Power and Beating Inflation
Inflation Quietly Eating Your 529 College Savings Plan
Episode 137 of Inflation and Your Money with Fexingo. Lucas and Luna reveal how moderate inflation is silently eroding the real purchasing power of 529 college…
- Inflation and Your Money with Fexingo: Protecting Purchasing Power and Beating Inflation
How Inflation Is Quietly Eating Your Municipal Bond Returns
Municipal bonds are supposed to be safe havens for tax-sensitive investors, but inflation is quietly eroding their real returns. In this episode of Inflation…
- Inflation and Your Money with Fexingo: Protecting Purchasing Power and Beating Inflation
How Inflation Is Quietly Eating Your Health Savings Account
Inflation is easing but still positive, and your health savings account could be a hidden victim. Lucas and Luna dive into the data: nearly 40% of HSA assets…
- Inflation and Your Money with Fexingo: Protecting Purchasing Power and Beating Inflation
How Inflation Is Quietly Eating Your Social Security COLA
Episode 134 examines the growing gap between Social Security cost-of-living adjustments and actual retiree inflation. Using recent CPI data showing a slight…
- Inflation and Your Money with Fexingo: Protecting Purchasing Power and Beating Inflation
How Inflation Is Quietly Eating Your Home Equity Line of Credit
Episode 133 of Inflation and Your Money with Fexingo: Lucas and Luna drill into a hidden inflation cost that's quietly squeezing millions of homeowners —…
- Inflation and Your Money with Fexingo: Protecting Purchasing Power and Beating Inflation
Inflation Is Quietly Eating Your Charity Mileage Deduction
Episode 132: Lucas and Luna look at a tax break millions of volunteers rely on—the charitable mileage deduction—and how inflation has quietly eroded its real…
- Inflation and Your Money with Fexingo: Protecting Purchasing Power and Beating Inflation
How Inflation Is Quietly Eating Your Gig Economy Earnings
Episode 131 of Inflation and Your Money with Fexingo. Lucas and Luna explore how inflation silently erodes the real income of gig workers. Using recent data…
- Inflation and Your Money with Fexingo: Protecting Purchasing Power and Beating Inflation
How Inflation Is Quietly Eating Your Gold ETF Returns
Gold is up 3% in the last five days and nearly 25% year-to-date in mid-2026. But investors piling into popular gold ETFs like GLD may not realize how…
- Inflation and Your Money with Fexingo: Protecting Purchasing Power and Beating Inflation
Gold In Your Portfolio During Falling Inflation 2026
In this episode of Inflation and Your Money, Lucas and Luna examine the role of gold in a portfolio when headline inflation is cooling but core prices remain…
- Inflation and Your Money with Fexingo: Protecting Purchasing Power and Beating Inflation
How Inflation Is Quietly Eating Your TIPS Bond Returns
Episode 128 of Inflation and Your Money with Fexingo examines an overlooked inflation blind spot: Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities. Lucas and Luna use…
- Inflation and Your Money with Fexingo: Protecting Purchasing Power and Beating Inflation
How Inflation Is Quietly Eating Your Homeowners Insurance Deductible
In Episode 127 of Inflation and Your Money with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna dig into an overlooked inflation casualty: the homeowners insurance deductible. As…
- Inflation and Your Money with Fexingo: Protecting Purchasing Power and Beating Inflation
How Inflation Is Quietly Eating Your Roth IRA Growth
Episode 126 of Inflation and Your Money with Fexingo explores an overlooked threat: inflation's effect on Roth IRA accounts. Hosts Lucas and Luna break…
- Inflation and Your Money with Fexingo: Protecting Purchasing Power and Beating Inflation
How Inflation Is Quietly Eating Your Streaming Service Value
In this episode of 'Inflation and Your Money with Fexingo', Lucas and Luna break down the latest CPI data showing headline inflation easing to a…
- Inflation and Your Money with Fexingo: Protecting Purchasing Power and Beating Inflation
How Inflation Is Quietly Eating Your Prediction Market Winnings - Episode 124
In this episode, Lucas and Luna examine how inflation quietly erodes the real value of prediction market winnings, even as platforms like Kalshi boom. With the…
- Inflation and Your Money with Fexingo: Protecting Purchasing Power and Beating Inflation
How Inflation Is Quietly Eating Your Car Insurance Premium
In this episode of Inflation and Your Money with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna examine how inflation is quietly eating your car insurance premium. They break down…
- Inflation and Your Money with Fexingo: Protecting Purchasing Power and Beating Inflation
How Inflation Is Quietly Eating Your Fixed Annuity Income
In this episode of Inflation and Your Money with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore how even 'safe' fixed annuity payouts are losing ground to inflation…
- Inflation and Your Money with Fexingo: Protecting Purchasing Power and Beating Inflation
How Inflation Is Quietly Eating Your Home Warranty
Home warranties promise peace of mind, but inflation is quietly shrinking the real value of those service contracts. In this episode, Lucas and Luna examine…
- Inflation and Your Money with Fexingo: Protecting Purchasing Power and Beating Inflation
How Inflation Is Quietly Eating Your Renters Insurance
In this episode, Lucas and Luna dive into the often-overlooked world of renters insurance and how inflation is slowly eroding its value. With CPI data showing…
- Inflation and Your Money with Fexingo: Protecting Purchasing Power and Beating Inflation
How Inflation Is Quietly Eating Your High-Yield Savings Account
Episode 119 of Inflation and Your Money with Fexingo. Lucas and Luna examine why a 4.2% high-yield savings account may be quietly losing you money after…
- Inflation and Your Money with Fexingo: Protecting Purchasing Power and Beating Inflation
How Inflation Is Quietly Eating Your 401k Match
Episode 118 of Inflation and Your Money examines a stealth erosion point many workers overlook: the company 401(k) match. While inflation cools slightly with…
- Inflation and Your Money with Fexingo: Protecting Purchasing Power and Beating Inflation
How Inflation Is Quietly Eating Your Cash Value Life Insurance
Episode 117 of Inflation and Your Money with Fexingo. Lucas and Luna explore how whole life insurance policies are losing purchasing power in a world where the…
- Inflation and Your Money with Fexingo: Protecting Purchasing Power and Beating Inflation
How Inflation Is Quietly Eating Your College Savings Plan
In this episode of Inflation and Your Money with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna dig into how inflation is quietly eroding the purchasing power of 529 college savings…
- Inflation and Your Money with Fexingo: Protecting Purchasing Power and Beating Inflation
How Inflation Is Quietly Eating Your Charitable Donations
In this episode of Inflation and Your Money with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore how inflation is silently eroding the purchasing power of charitable…
- Inflation and Your Money with Fexingo: Protecting Purchasing Power and Beating Inflation
How Inflation Is Quietly Eating Your Homeowners Insurance Payout
Episode 114 of Inflation and Your Money with Fexingo. Lucas and Luna examine how inflation erodes homeowners insurance coverage. With CPI at 332.6 and core PCE…
- Inflation and Your Money with Fexingo: Protecting Purchasing Power and Beating Inflation
How Inflation Is Quietly Eating Your Social Security COLA
In this episode of Inflation and Your Money with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore how inflation is quietly eroding the purchasing power of Social Security…