I am fearing inflation more each day. Do this exercise. For those who use instacart or door dash, go back and look at your price paid for item pre-pandemic and look at them now. I did it this weekend, the results will most likely surprise you.
Real Retail Sales soared on recent stimulus activity. Recent reports have been well above the pre-COVID trend and not representative of normal retail activity. Many view this activity as a positive surprise, but it appears to be vast over-stimulation in my experience which is likely to result in inflation.
Investors should be invested in a rise in inflation, avoid fixed income and add to industrial companies likely to benefit from rising prices.
Todd Sullivan is a Massachusetts-based value investor and a General Partner in Rand Strategic Partners. He looks for investments he believes are selling for a discount to their intrinsic value given their current situation and future prospects. He holds them until that value is realized or the fundamentals change in a way that no longer support his thesis.
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