How does an investor safeguard her portfolio and goals from high inflation?$S&P500 ETF(SPY)$$NASDAQ-100 Index ETF(QQQ)$$Apple(AAPL)$$Tesla Motors(TSLA)$Essentially, there are two broad ways.Outpacing inflation is about positioning your portfolio to grow bigger over a while and deliver returns that exceed the inflation rate. If your goal is to build a corpus for future spending and the goal is at least ten years away, then this strategy works.Hedge against inflation broadly focuses on protecting your near-term consumption from rising inflation. It is applicable especially if you are nearing retirement or have short-ter
Inflation Trends Keep Fed Rate Hikes on Pause The Federal Reserve's primary inflation rate showed that core price pressures firmed up in September as consumer spending surged. Hot prices for services were only partly offset by falling goods prices. The S&P 500 opened modestly higher after the data, but soon gave up its gains and turned solidly lower on Friday afternoon. Stocks are struggling to regain their footing after the worst two-day decline since the bank crisis broke out in March. $S&P 500(.SPX)$ $NASDAQ-100 Index ETF(QQQ)$ $Tesla Motors(TSLA)$ $S&P500 ETF(SPY)$
Buying and selling in the world's biggest bond market is supposed to be easy. However, for most of this year, bond portfolio managers says it has been anything but straightforward. The US Treasury bond market suffered a huge scare at the start of the coronavirus pandemic when fears about a collapse in the global economy led to a sudden slump in prices and liquidity. Now as the Federal Reserve battles to rein in inflation, a recession looms and most asset prices have faced a dramatic sell-off, the world’s most important bond market is creaking once again. Liquidity in the market — one crucial measure of how well it is functioning — is at its worst levels since March 2020 after a dramatic decline in the past year. Market depth, a measure of liquidity which refers to the ability of
@BruceBryant:$Target(TGT)$ Target Earnings Breakdown GUIDE:- Q1 NON-GAAP EPS $1.50 - $1.90- FY NON-GAAP EPS $7.75 - $8.75It shows us exactly why most of the market (and especially tech) is overvalued. The economy is fine and the consumer is spending, but higher costs are deteriorating earnings.