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RESET: If the market crashes, and inflation runs rampant, how do we adjust our investments?

Posted on 07/24/2021 7:26:16 AM PDT by Andy from Chapel Hill

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To: Andy from Chapel Hill
guns, lead and survival gear.

Money will become useless.

THINK;

If money becomes weird, why would you want money ?

41 posted on 07/24/2021 7:54:16 AM PDT by knarf
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To: Fido969

Am watching closely...timing is everything.


42 posted on 07/24/2021 7:54:44 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: Andy from Chapel Hill
What can “You do” ?
Don't know than maybe its time to hire a professional. If things are going South as fast as you think than its never to late to start learning a bit more about markets Asset Alocation and risk.
Although any time is a good time to start, dumb moves not so much. Panic has been known to wipe out a lot of folks $$
43 posted on 07/24/2021 7:56:37 AM PDT by Bell Bouy II
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To: Andy from Chapel Hill

If you have money in the market when it crashes, you have no option but to hold.


44 posted on 07/24/2021 7:59:19 AM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Track9

Snickers and Mounds? That would be the Hershey Company. A pretty stable stock.


45 posted on 07/24/2021 8:00:38 AM PDT by BipolarBob (Whatever you do, do 100% . . . unless you're donating blood.)
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To: Andy from Chapel Hill

You starve. What the current stolen administration wants is for Everyone to be beholden to the state.

POWER!


46 posted on 07/24/2021 8:01:27 AM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. )
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To: CivilWarBrewing

Please contact a professional about investing your assets, not random people on the internet.


47 posted on 07/24/2021 8:01:59 AM PDT by SaxxonWoods ( comment might be sarcasm, or not. It depends. Often I'm not sure either.)
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To: Andy from Chapel Hill

Short USD across all major currencies (AUD, CAD, CHF, EUR, GBP, NZD)


48 posted on 07/24/2021 8:02:01 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA (“When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.” ― Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Andy from Chapel Hill

TIPS - Treasury Inflation Protected Securities. Vanguard has such a fund called VAIPX. As inflation increases, the value of the fund increases.


49 posted on 07/24/2021 8:03:29 AM PDT by aimhigh (THIS is His commandment . . . . 1 John 3:23)
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To: Fido969

Yes but buying and selling is standard for this guy. He knows how to make money for himself, so the question is how he sees market crash or perception of a crash as an advantage?

Not think that there is an answer, just noting there’s not enough information to take this at face value.


50 posted on 07/24/2021 8:05:24 AM PDT by Bayard
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To: Andy from Chapel Hill

Diversification. Index funds for various sectors, consumer products, technology, real estate, energy, emerging markets, the S%P, precious metals and some bonds etc.


51 posted on 07/24/2021 8:10:24 AM PDT by kenmcg (tHE WHOLE )
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To: Andy from Chapel Hill
They borrowed six trillion dollars into existence - it has to go somewhere. Right now, that somewhere is US equities and real estate. When evaluating a market crash, you have to ask - crash against what? I don't see assets "crashing" in dollar terms because there are simply too many dollars out there for the currency to suddenly be worth hoarding.

Some asset classes could suffer a relative crash - meaning they increase in value at a slower rate than inflation. If housing goes up 5% in an environment of 10-15% inflation, it can be said to have "crashed" - but the house is still worth more next year than it is today.

The risk factor for equities is that most of the indexes and mutual funds are dependent on the same few stocks: Google, Microsoft, Apple, Facebook, Tesla, etc. An economic crisis impacting these stocks could have a broad negative effect on fund values, but remember - the Fed has already proven it will defend the inflated values of these particular quasi-governmental entities to the death. They are proxies for the overall economy, and the Democrats don't want to mess with their own Golden Geese - even if they seem gleeful about wringing the necks of Main Street's.

I suspect this crash will leave asset values about where they are - but raise the prices of consumer staples to intolerable levels. A year from now, measured in Corn Flakes, your house and 401(k) may be worth half of what they were - measured in dollars, their values may well be higher.

52 posted on 07/24/2021 8:14:42 AM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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To: Andy from Chapel Hill

“Ideas?”

I’d cut spending, but that’s obviously off the table with both parties. This is the rainy day everyone is supposed to save for, but the American government hasn’t saved for anything.


53 posted on 07/24/2021 8:16:24 AM PDT by SaxxonWoods ( comment might be sarcasm, or not. It depends. Often I'm not sure either.)
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To: Andy from Chapel Hill

If assets crash in a bust, cash is king. Use cash to buy assets after crash. Problem is if assets don’t crash, say runaway inflation scenario, then cash is trash. I can imagine both occurring over next few years, what a mess they’ve created.


54 posted on 07/24/2021 8:21:05 AM PDT by teevolt
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With interest rates low, borrow a bunch and buy investment real estate. If inflation grows, they will meet or beat it and you can pay for the loan with income.


55 posted on 07/24/2021 8:23:05 AM PDT by bennowens
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To: CivilWarBrewing

Look up I Bonds


56 posted on 07/24/2021 8:23:57 AM PDT by Cold Heart
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To: bennowens

Everyone become a Mormon. They keep a year’s worth of food I understand. At age 65 everyone join the Amish. No material goods to worry about. Close knit-a side effect.


57 posted on 07/24/2021 8:25:44 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: DoodleBob

He’s a billionaire. I doubt he’s pushing anything small like food.


58 posted on 07/24/2021 8:28:21 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: Mr. Jeeves

The problem with the rigged market is that .gov can allow some assets to crash and support others—and there is no way to know in advance which is which.

I prefer gambling at the casino (or at least I did before the mask mandates).

Buy stuff you can touch and see—stay away from paper anything.


59 posted on 07/24/2021 8:28:48 AM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: BipolarBob

Thought I’d avoid the nuts for awhile. Diverticulitis and all that.


60 posted on 07/24/2021 8:28:59 AM PDT by Track9 (Dealing with democrats is like living without toilet paper. )
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