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I think a lot of the inflation is a symptom of new money being printed. The difference between past events where a lot of new money has been created in the US a
by bko 5y ago
I think a lot of the inflation is a symptom of new money being printed. The difference between past events where a lot of new money has been created in the US and this time is the access to financial assets to a large percent of the population. So when we saw this money being created and flooding the system in early pandemic, all that money went to pump up asset prices (stocks at first, then commodities and real estate, now consumer goods).
So we could have economic stagnation (job losses, increasing inflation, etc) without necessarily a drop in the stock market. In fact, stock market might be the only thing that could hedge inflation.
I don't have any better idea of where to park your money, so I continue to hold large equity positions and pray for the best
- vdnkh 5y agoJob losses? Unemployment has been consistently decreasing: https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm Edit: american jobs
- dominotw 5y ago> access to financial assets to a large percent of the population. how so ? what changed in terms of access this time around.
- arminiusreturns 5y agoThe popularization of retail trading has brought in a ton of dumb money to prop up the real players. This is the real reason Robinhood et al have been so successful, it's like the fish paying you to swim into the trap.