Hedging Against Inflation In Today’s Market

The thing everyone is saying today is you need to hedge against the major inflation or hyper inflation of the US dollar. While I do think the dollar will continue to slightly inflate for a few more years I don’t necessarily think there will be super hyper inflation like Peter Schiff has predicted. The only thing is many people such as CNBC, Fox Business, Fox News, and many more told Schiff he was crazy when he predicted a stock and housing bubble in early 2007 when everything from stocks to home sales were skyrocketing.

To hedge against inflation today  you can do many things from investing in foreign markets to buying gold or even purchasing currency like the euro or yuan placing it in a money-market account. At this point gold is at its highest ever due to the uncertainty in many major markets plus gold has been pushed heavily by many to hedge against inflation. What has happened now is that gold is inflated slightly above what it is actually worth so for many gold would be a stupid investment to hedge as it will inevitability come down. Silver as well as other fine metals are still good investments though.

What many financial experts are saying right now is to hedge by just investing in markets all over the world that are emerging such as India, China, and more. This of course in addition to buying up some of the dirt cheap stocks on the NYSE. After today’s unemployment numbers looking good I could see a huge rebound in the market coming as long as it is not with fake numbers like before the last collapse. Invest wisely and diversify your portfolio as much as possible to prevent a major loss like many investors saw in late 2008.