Also, I consider many of my real asset holdings more special situations,
than inflation plays.
Not exact matches
Tuesday's below - consensus ISM and construction spending report, along with a hotter -
than - expected prices paid report,
played perfectly into the bear narrative of slower growth and higher
inflation.
It usually
plays out like this: The economy starts to grow faster
than expected, wages and
inflation shoot up, and then the Fed reacts by aggressively raising interest rates.
I agree there may be significant
inflation in the pipeline, but it may arrive a lot later
than most people expect: https://wexboy.wordpress.com/2012/09/04/so-wheres-the-bloody-
inflation/ I've highlighted some ways to eventually
play it, and will prob.
The Fed was already letting
inflation run at rates higher
than intermediate interest rates, so they were out of
play as well.