Buying your first piece of real estate will provide you with a neutral stance on the housing market. Buying REITs like Camden, or another REIT from this REIT li

Buying your first piece of real estate will provide you with a neutral stance on the housing market. Buying REITs like Camden, or another REIT from this REIT list also works if you don't overpay: https://www.reit.com/investing/reit-directory https://www.reit.com/investing/reit-directory. Buying a consumer goods seller like Apple stock or Target stock helps if the concerning inflation happens only in the consumer goods sector. I'm not a fan of large allocations of TIPS because the returns are so low.