65-Day Academy · Day 40 · Macro & Context
Inflation Hedges — What Actually Works
The evidence-based view
Long-run hedges: equities with pricing power (real earnings grow with prices), real estate (rents reprice), TIPS (principal indexed to CPI — the explicit hedge), and commodities (spot inflation exposure, but volatile and yield-less). Weak hedges: long bonds (fixed nominal), cash (guaranteed loser), and most "inflation stocks" marketed after inflation is already high (the hedge premium is already priced).
The timing problem
Asset classes re-rate when inflation SURPRISES, not when it is high: by the time inflation dominates headlines, hedges are expensive. The practical stance is not a big directional bet but a PORTFOLIO that survives both regimes — which is day 44's diversification lesson wearing a macro costume.
What you'll practise
Which assets have historically protected real purchasing power during sustained inflation? (Select all that apply)
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Sources
- Stocks for the Long RunJeremy Siegel
- Inflation HedgeInvestopedia
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