And the current economic situation is an aberrant special case; it isn't implicit or ever-present.
And, even still: I think anyone whose annualized rate of return on savings -- over the last, say, ten years -- has fallen below the rate of inflation, can be safely said to have invested in a manner tantamount to stuffing it in a mattress.
And, even still: I think anyone whose annualized rate of return on savings -- over the last, say, ten years -- has fallen below the rate of inflation, can be safely said to have invested in a manner tantamount to stuffing it in a mattress.