Inflation topics can be particularly misleading to new investors who haven’t yet realized that nobody actually “invests” in cash across decades like this exampl

Inflation topics can be particularly misleading to new investors who haven’t yet realized that nobody actually “invests” in cash across decades like this example. At least not if they have basic financial education. It can also confuse new investors who might not realize that USD-denominated assets don’t lose value like USD itself. This may seem obvious to anyone who has studied Econ or investing, but it’s actually a very common misunderstanding among people who are new to the concept of inflation. Unfortunately, this misunderstanding is often misused to scare people into thinking their only options for avoiding inflation are gold or cryptocurrency, which isn’t true at all. For 99% of us working our comfortable tech jobs in stable countries, it’s more enlightening to consider how the author would have done with S&P 500 or gold (hint: Gold loses by a lot).