Inflation hedge

[Doctor Phibes]

@xenon said in Inflation hedge:

Do you all do anything different with your savings during times of inflation?

The last time we had really high inflation I had a little Post Office savings account and wasn't allowed to take any out unless my mum went with me.

I'm not a particularly sophisticated investor even today.

[xenon]

@lufins-dad said in Inflation hedge:

@xenon said in Inflation hedge:

Do you all do anything different with your savings during times of inflation?

I just keep buying index funds... but not sure if I should switch it up.

I took out a loan on my house to buy 6 bitcoins. I’m sure it will work out.

Diamond hands

[jon-nyc]

Many years ago I moved most of my fixed income into inflation protected bonds and I’ve owned gold on and off over the years. Not too much though.

[Jolly]

Notice what the I-bonds have been paying?

Think that has any chance of continuing?

[jon-nyc]

@jolly said in Inflation hedge:

Notice what the I-bonds have been paying?

Think that has any chance of continuing?

No, the fixed portion on them is zero.

I have i-bonds with 1.4% fixed component from 2002-3

[89th]

Index fund investing is my plan for the next decade or two. If inflation causes prices to increase then maybe companies see better stock performance because of the increased revenue? Who knows. I do recall when interest rates were up about 10-15 years ago you could throw cash into savings accounts making 3-4%, so that’s always an option that may appear in the future too once the feds begin to raise rates in the next few years.

[Jolly]

Didn't Lynch say something recently about index funds and inflation?

[LuFins Dad]

Social Security has my back.

[Jolly]

Hope you have a small back.

[Larry]

I don't put money in the stock market. Never have, never will. I didn't want to get such a small ROI.

[jon-nyc]

@jolly said in Inflation hedge:

Didn't Lynch say something recently about index funds and inflation?

Peter? David? Merrill?

[Jolly]

@jon-nyc said in Inflation hedge:

@jolly said in Inflation hedge:

Didn't Lynch say something recently about index funds and inflation?

Peter? David? Merrill?

The Magellan guy...

[xenon]

The real interesting thing about index funds is - if everyone were to just buy index funds, the buy/sell signals of individual trades dries up.

Does the market still work ok with only relatively few people actively trading equities.