KEY TAKEAWAYS
- After last year’s economic shocks, we shouldn’t be surprised to see prices rebounding.
- But the potential for inflation is one among many factors investors take into account when agreeing on a price at which to trade.
- A look at headlines from the past 50 years shows the difficulty of timing markets around inflation expectations. Investors may be better served sticking to a long-term plan.
Read Dimensional Funds VP Weston Wellington’s article, “‘Everything Screams Inflation.’ How to Interpret the Headlines.,” HERE.
Gerard O’Reilly in Reuters: Investing When Inflation Is a Mystery.
Are Concerns About Inflation Inflated?
Inflation: An Exchange Between Eugene Fama and David Booth.
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