While you plan to minimize the way inflation and taxes erode your real returns over time, and while you shore up your portfolio against the next crash, don’t forget to take a few minutes to consider how to combat fees.

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Control investment losses by determining your probable maximum loss and choosing an equity asset allocation that is consistent with your decision.

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This month, Melissa Francis celebrates her one-year anniversary with FOX Business Network. Over her time at FOX Business, Francis has learned more about investing, and more about investing specifically during the summer.

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Earlier this year, Frontline ran a special on retirement and the fees that many investors end up paying on their retirement investments. One of the points of focus was the fact that fees charged by retirement accounts can be large — and result in a reduction in your real returns.

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NPR's Uri Berliner is taking $5,000 of his own savings and putting it to work. Though he's no financial whiz or guru, he's exploring different types of investments — alternatives that may fare better than staying in a savings account that's not keeping up with inflation.

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