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U.S. Economy
2 Time-Tested Strategies to Beat Inflation
Inflation is well and truly here, as January’s 7.5% year-on-year print shows. Ted Bauman and Clint Lee have explained how rising interest rates to combat that inflation will affect long duration stocks (recap: it isn’t pretty).In today’s Your Money Matters, the dynamic duo identifies two groups of companies you’ll want to target to preserve and extend gains while inflation remains high. And remember: Some companies actually do better in inflationary environments … because, after all, the prices of their products go up!
What Do Chicken Wings and Chocolate Have in Common?
This Super Bowl Sunday and Valentine’s Day, you can thank inflation for higher prices for chicken wings, flowers, chocolates and jewelry.
Meta’s Mega Crash Explained
In the few moments before I wrote this, I posted three things to Facebook (New Yorker cartoons, if you’re wondering).You know who has never posted a single thing to Facebook? My teenage daughter. And that’s a big problem for the company now known as Meta.
What the Smart Money Did on Friday and Monday
My reaction to those big up days was probably like yours. Momentum (aka growth) stocks in The Bauman Letter’s model portfolio have taken a beating since the beginning of the year. So has my personal portfolio. So, when those stocks jumped like a frog off a hot highway on Friday and Monday, I breathed a sigh of relief.“ The worst must be over. The smart money is piling back in.” That’s what I wanted to think. But the facts tell a different story … and prove why smart investors ignore short-term moves like these.
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