US annual inflation declines to 7.7% in October vs. 7.9% expected

Re:US annual inflation declines to 7.7% in October vs. 7.9% ... by cko on Thursday November 10, 2022 @09:27AM (#33546920)

Depends on your time horizon.

In the very short term, inflation linked bonds as other comments mention.

In the 15+ year bracket, probably equities.

Perhaps real estate at a low mortgage rate but it's not very diversified.

Gold is commonly touted as an inflation hedge, but that's over a much longer time horizon, probably longer than most people are alive.

In the end it really depends on the cause of inflation - expected vs unexpected, supply vs demand side.

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Re:US annual inflation declines to 7.7% in October vs. 7.9% ... by patall on Thursday November 10, 2022 @11:55AM (#33549412)

Is gold still the inflation hedge? One the one hand yes, but if i.e SpaceX starship is a total success, asteroid mining could be the black swan for that. Though I may be totally wrong (and off by orders of magnitude) about that.

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Re:US annual inflation declines to 7.7% in October vs. 7.9% ... by landemva on Thursday November 10, 2022 @02:14PM (#33551550)

Gold hedges government.

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