Inflation is something that every investor should know about. The wise investor understands how inflation erodes their purchasing power and he or she takes steps to mitigate the damage.
Financial Investment Portfolio Research & Analysis for Sept. 22-26, 2008 from Strategic Capital Research, LLC. iShares G. Sachs Nat. Resources (IGE) shows a shift back from a slightly positive (upward slope) to one that is more neutral / negative, but on mixed indicators. This indicates a slowing of inflation.
The million dollar question what is real? The rate of inflation or is really a new stock market rally? We are bombarded on CNBC or Bloomberg with one speaker after another stating... No INFLATION! The Rate of Inflation is nothing...or the average inflation will be minus x %. At the same time we hear speakers after speakers discuss green shoots ...that the recession is over etc
The briefest of respites from a continuous barrage of negative financial news was the announcement made early Tuesday that inflation figures in December fell sharply to an annual 3.1%, a sharp drop from the November rate of 4.1%. From Consumer price inflation fell sharply in December to an annual rate of 3.1% from November's figure of 4.1%.
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