October Inflation Spike Raises Question: Hedge or Ignore?

Are you worried about inflation? Here are two ways to invest as prices rise.

October Inflation Spike Raises Question: Hedge or Ignore? Chad Stone, Assistant Managing Editor Do you care about inflation? It’s dominated headlines all year. And the price jumps are hard to ignore. The Consumer Price Index (CPI), which tracks prices of everything from groceries and used cars to health care and gasoline, rose 6.2% year over year in October. It’s the highest jump since December 1990. But investors don’t seem to care … not yet, anyway. Should you worry about inflation? Click here to find out. Suggested Stories: COVID Trade Is Dead: Genomics Is Ready for the Spotlight Inflation Fears Continue to Grow FROM OUR PARTNERS Expert Says New Battery Could Be "Tesla Killer" Tech Futurist who uncovered Tesla says: New "Forever Battery" is here and it is disrupting the $3 trillion EV Revolution in 2021. Click HERE to learn more. The Bull & The Bear It's Time to Sell One Video Game Stock Giant  Matt Clark, Research Analyst In investing, it’s easier to find opportunities to buy, but it’s much harder to be disciplined, stick to a strategy and know when it’s time to sell. In this episode of The Bull & The Bear, I’ll show you a trend in the powerful video game industry and one massive company that’s falling short of expectations. Click here or the image below to watch now. Suggested Stories: Holiday Spending Spree Will Boost High-Momentum Clothing Stock Job Growth Looks Great — Wage Data Tells a Different Story FROM OUR PARTNERS America's Top Futurist: Don't Buy Bitcoin — Buy THIS Instead One of America's best connected tech forecasters recently revealed the name and ticker symbol of one of his top stock ideas for the next decade. It's part of an new, trillion-dollar opportunity that he believes is much more important — and potentially more lucrative than bitcoin (or any cryptocurrency). Get the details here. Poll of the Week If You Had to Own One Video Game Stock, Which Would It Be? Video games helped a lot of people get through the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Lockdowns helped the industry grow into a $65 billion cash cow in the U.S. alone! Video games have established a stronghold within mainstream entertainment that has true investing potential. Do you own any video game stocks, or are you holding off for now? Click here to vote in our newest Money & Markets poll! Suggested Stories: Small Banks, Big Profits: ETF's Maximum Momentum Crushes Market Old vs. New: 2 ETFs Offer Easy Exposure to Energy Boom 1821: Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky was born. Privacy Policy The Money & Markets, P.O. Box 8378, Delray Beach, FL 33482. To ensure that you receive future issues of Money & Markets, please add info@mb.moneyandmarkets.com to your address book or whitelist within your spam settings. For customer service questions or issues, please contact us for assistance. The mailbox associated with this email address is not monitored, so please do not reply. Your feedback is very important to us so if you would like to contact us with a question or comment, please click here: https://moneyandmarkets.com/contact-us/ Legal Notice: This work is based on what we've learned as financial journalists. It may contain errors and you should not base investment decisions solely on what you read here. It's your money and your responsibility. Nothing herein should be considered personalized investment advice. Although our employees may answer general customer service questions, they are not licensed to address your particular investment situation. Our track record is based on hypothetical results and may not reflect the same results as actual trades. Likewise, past performance is no guarantee of future returns. Certain investments carry large potential rewards but also large potential risk. Don't trade in these markets with money you can't afford to lose. Money & Markets expressly forbids its writers from having a financial interest in their own securities or commodities recommendations to readers. Such recommendations may be traded, however, by other editors, Money & Markets, its affiliated entities, employees, and agents, but only after waiting 24 hours after an internet broadcast or 72 hours after a publication only circulated through the mail. (c) 2021 Money & Markets, LLC. All Rights Reserved. Protected by copyright laws of the United States and treaties. This Newsletter may only be used pursuant to the subscription agreement. Any reproduction, copying, or redistribution, (electronic or otherwise) in whole or in part, is strictly prohibited without the express written permission of Money & Markets. P.O. Box 8378, Delray Beach, FL 33482. (TEL: 800-684-8471) Remove your email from this list: Click here to Unsubscribe