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Re:Ask HN: How are you hedging against inflation? by bildung on Friday April 23, 2021 @04:49AM (#26912536)
> asset classes such as stocks and real estate.

Which is not inflation, but asset appreciation (i.e. the goal of investment). Inflation measures the price level of consumables. Stock and real estate is not consumed.

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Re:Ask HN: How are you hedging against inflation? by tom_mellior on Friday April 23, 2021 @06:23AM (#26913111)
One person's "asset appreciation" on real estate is another person's inflation of housing costs.
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Re:Ask HN: How are you hedging against inflation? by bildung on Friday April 23, 2021 @08:27AM (#26913992)
Housing is part of the CPI https://www.bls.gov/cpi/factsheets/
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Re:Ask HN: How are you hedging against inflation? by tom_mellior on Friday April 23, 2021 @09:26AM (#26914512)
Yes. That was my point: House owners' assets "appreciate" by inflating non-owners' prices.
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