Inflation: How Does it Affect Investment Stocks?

Inflation rates have been rising in big economies such as Brazil, Russia, the US and the UK throughout 2021. This will have a knock-on effect on the stockmarket, but some investment stocks may perform better than others.
Our in-depth article about investing during high inflation periods: bit.ly/3zYZye7
Some economists fear a return to high inflation, the likes of which has not been seen for more than 40 years. And since the start of 2021, it has been rising steadily across the world.
If inflation continues to rise, what effect will it have on the stockmarket and your wealth?
When covid-19 sparked a global lockdown, markets plummeted. The pandemic disrupted global supply chains: production lines came to a standstill, shipping stalled and air freight were grounded.
But within five weeks something extraordinary happened. The S&P 500 had plummeted in March 2020 but it soon rallied and its value doubled over the next 18 months.
Governments took unprecedented steps to recharge their economies. In the US alone, the government has allocated more than $4 trillion dollars on stimulus funding. And, in a world of low interest rates, consumers look elsewhere for better returns on their investments.
Duke university in North Carolina recently published a paper looking
at historical returns of the stock market over the past 95 years. It focused on different US equity sectors when inflation moved above 5% - in late 2021, the rate in the US moved above 5.3%.
Of course, historical trends are never a guarantee of future performance, but the researchers found that across all sectors, energy stocks delivered the best positive annual returns.
Another interesting sector were Soft commodities, such as corn, wheat, fruit or livestock have also historically held-or increased-their stock prices during times of increased inflation. This is holding true today.
Then there are the less flashy, age-old stocks which typically offer steady but not spectacular growth rates.
These are known as value stocks.
We took a look at the top three growth stocks and the top three value stocks, based on index weight - according to the S&P Growth and Value Index.
We studied the relationship between stock price and inflation since 2007 when the rate of inflation moved above 2%. The price of these growth stocks tends to decrease more quickly than the price of the value stocks as the rate of inflation increases.
00:00 Inflation is rising across the world
01:30 How Covid-19 affected stock markets
02:17 How stock markets bounced back in 2020
04:06 A world of low interest rates
05:40 Psychology and inflation
06:35 When hyperinflation strikes
07:08 How different stocks react to higher inflation
09:40 How bank stocks react to higher inflation
10:30 How value and growth stocks react to higher inflation
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Really well done piece. Many of us are seeking answers on how to best protect ourselves should inflation turn out to be more permanent. This gives a great current and historical perspective. Thanks David!

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[@markcyrus7898]

Stocks or listed shares of stock in major bourses provides "this thing" which is like a trust fund. Diversified Investments of this "fund" creates "real value". Blue Chip shares of stock appreciates over time and can counter "inflation" That's why the Swiss Franc becomes a viable alternative for investors from overseas.

[@johnalmond9426]

Investing in stocks is advised during an inflationary period because it helps to minimize excess cash on hand and also growth stocks appreciate quickly during this time.

[@skyauden2522]

It’s crazy how expensive things have become here in the UK, electric bills are high and the prices of goods keeps increasing by the day and the PM doesn’t care.

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Is this a good time to buy stocks? I know everyone is saying stocks are at a discount and all, but just how long will It take for us to recover, obviously there are strategies to maneuver in this present market but these strategies doesn't come common to the average folk, or am I better off putting my money elsewhere?

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If there's one thing about the market, it's that it always recovers, but I can't seem to focus on the long-run, major factors at play like my retirement and my reserve laying waste to inflation. I need a solid data trajectory and solution asap

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[@michawrobel2320]

The pandemic did not cause inflation. Excessive QE did

[@adetunjiadeniyi9993]

tell tht to the UK who didn’t spend a ridiculous amount of money but are still seeing high inflation due to fallen supply

[@bxllseye]

Why is inflation pumping markets to ATHS tho lol

[@grewalaman]

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@@adetunjiadeniyi9993 it’s the $ not the £

[@ismailibrahim5341]

Inflation is not a direct reason of the pandemic, it's the central bank reaction to save the stock market in my humble opinion.

[@simonbarrett9568]

America got a 5 million house deficit that part of the reason but nobody said anything about that. very funny

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@@simonbarrett9568 that is why the landlords are getting richer every day, theres a friend of mine here in Panama that owns many of these houses and apartments in Usa, and he lives like a rich man here😉

[@simonbarrett9568]

@@francismarin8905 it down to supply and demand if there not enough properties the price keep go up yes landlord will get richer this is Becouse there not building enough property this will go on for 5 to 8 years before a crash. This is a cycle it comes and go in history. Just look at the charts and you can see

[@simonbarrett9568]

@Faiez Farhan rehman more like 8 to 10 year as if that not put up interest rates and not build house fast that is how long it will take

[@osamashawl3824]

We are already in the big crash, Inflation is a catastrophe. This CPI report is a colossal failure. To bring the housing market to a halt, the FED will have to pull all the stops. The unfortunate issue is that other markets are being decimated. If you want to stay green, you have to rely on a lot of diversification. Currently up 14% and being careful. Still a better deal than leaving it in a savings or checking account yielding 0-1 percent interest.

[@constanciacollene9585]

People believe their currency has the worth it does because they have no other option. Even in a hyperinflationary environment, individuals must continue to use their hyperinflationary currency since they likely have minimal access to other currencies or gold/silver coins.

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A weak dollar can signal an economic downturn, making me to ponder on what are the best possible ways to hedge against inflation, and I've overheard people say inflation is a money-eater thus worried about my savings around $200k.

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The Dow Jones is NOT "30 of the highest performing companies." It's just thirty stocks that the Dow Jones considers to be representative of the total U.S. stock market.

[@tancolvis5240]

Those 30 companies is a empty shell diluted into debts now

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[@edjones3410]

This has been brewing for a while, I'm surprised it has taken as long as it has. You don't need an economics degree to know that if countries are printing money and giving it to people to stay at home and not work its going to cause huge inflation

[@patrickswope5437]

Ya . Almost unbelievable

[@thegoodsmaster]

over 60% of that money went to large businesses/wallstreet or people savy enough to weasel their way into extra stimulus

[@666dynomax]

and cant get them to go back to work. when they do they're a lazy sack

[@donnyraytravis]

Anyone know which paper from Duke this video is reference?

[@bluegoka]

00:56 _”The cause?”_ Money printing. It’s always money printing.

[@iVlainXXVIII]

Hi, I need answers Does the delay of goods (stranded in ports) directly affects or a result of inflation too? If so, how many % (I accept an acceptable estimated rate increase) it will increase the prices after the covid pandemic is done? Anyone?

[@patrickswope5437]

Huh.?

[@paulwilliams7427]

Great work, thanks for putting this together.

[@tombruigom7639]

What is your prediction on Gold?..Interesting article.

[@thecorpooration]

How does one tell the difference between inflation resulting from the factors listed in this video, and the decreasing value of currencies themselves?

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[@hungarianguy6995]

You messed up. The research does not state Equity in energies,but commodities in energies. So energy commodities are what is valuable, not energy-producing companies. There is a long equity energy sector that only produces a yield of 1%.

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Truly well explained, without any jargon.

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[@Ruslan-eb6hk]

Hello, do you think you should buy usd / cad, Canada will raise interest rates by 0.25

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Amazingly put in together

[@miguelfeiji]

Great Video. I was able to understand everything!

[@philshyu5248]

Ultimately, in the long run, businesses that provide goods and services IS how wealth is created. Without profitable businesses, we don't have much of an economy. During this period of rising inflation, I've been buying shares of the companies in sectors where I am concerned about the rising costs, such as utilities. But as this video suggests, we can't lump all stocks into the same category. Some traded companies just move money around without actually making anything. Some traded companies don't provide an essential good or service. I believe those ones will suffer.

[@Birdylockso]

Can you provide some examples of "traded companies just move money around without actually making anything?"

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[@afewshadesofblue9453]

The pandemic isn’t causing inflation.

[@JavierD92]

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[@nhanha7433]

They are connect with companies and organization that refer the growth continue to deal with more problems or the index growth that has less problems. That require case by case.

[@StevenJacksonSTEtv]

This is a very nice video. Well edited.

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Glad you liked it!

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Nice vid. Wasn't expecting this 👍

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[@AronIleka]

Brilliant piece!

[@tancolvis5240]

And why bill gate buy farm land n grow food is a sure gain then those empty shell stock markets

[@OmarBenAbdulaziz]

Why the excessive sound effects?

[@tiborgyorki9116]

Vix correlation to SPY shows relative strength over 20days,very similar like before 1987 market crash...buckle up !!

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[@davispalaps9117]

Great video!

[@georgeaswipe5031]

12:03. We are not likely to head back to double digit inflation like we had in the 70s? Well, that prediction did not age well. 26 Dec 2021

[@kaaaah2003]

Excellent piece of information on inflation. Thanks David and team

[@Capitaltrading]

Our pleasure!

[@maryloustoddard3368]

Awesome video really interesting history repeats itself.

[@VARSYUS]

Thanks David it was a really great material, though you did not mention Gold nor Crypto as a hedge against inflation .

[@tancolvis5240]

Us stock market is a on all listed companies are debts not real shares now as the past decade those QE funds or prints flooded the markets hoping to gain from the increase in share prices . So the US stock markets is a empty shell .

[@andreagennatiempo8443]

nice video!

[@abbkell1195]

It would have been better if this video content explained that inflation increases or decreases the rate speed of globalization and world market shifts. The so called economic reset also is it a cause by inflation or Reset doesn't not exist?

[@aksy970]

really good video David!

[@vilmamatig-a9029]

Thanks sir David

[@PedroSanchez-zv1lr]

Technology is deflationary, in the 70´s there was no technology at all. I think nowadays is completely different

[@hristodimitrov8655]

Nice

[@1John5-12]

"Inflation is a sustained period of rising prices for goods and services." This is the opening line of the article on your website . Or, it could equally be said "inflation is a sustained period of degradation (purchasing power) of your currency."

[@grimfist79]

Nice video. 👍

[@matthewbowden9367]

People should of been worrying about inflation 2 years ago and before. Not now that inflation is here its deflation is what you need to worry about and it could crash at the start of 2022

[@ianmanro7795]

No idea what this show wanted to explain. I thought it would explain why inflation affects stock returns, why a growth stock is not performing well in an inflationary environment. Instead it was a video made of many stitched video clips to look cool. It's more like an advertisement. Nothing of value in this video.

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[@Capitaltrading]

Thanks for watching! Where do you think inflation is headed in the coming months and years?

[@edgarmisango5840]

Where the fed starts tapering ,it's going to be a rollercoaster ride,am position to short till march next year,they all ready started reducing their portfolio with deadline in July next year,that's the market sell start point💥💯🇰🇪✌🏾

[@cosminmihai9545]

It needs an update now with war

[@nhanha7433]

That the reason new allies must keep up with news. But if they fear the news that make their lost earning then they are not fix many problems that put more life at risk.

[@michaelyoon9355]

I have a feeling this is similar to the 70s and 80s when inflation was out of whack

[@misterfunnybones]

2:12 air freight was grounded? Wrong. Airfreight went parabolic. The stocks fell temporarily, but the pandemic immediately pushed those who were sporadic online shoppers into fully fledged point & click consumers - it was like a feeding frenzy. All consumables went online & it has only marginally diminished. People started ordering online & it's convenient so they continue to do it.

[@kenwan715]

Buy more stock

[@Alyosha-nm4io]

Never should have left the gold standard.

[@passantgardant]

Good general overview, but oil prices are an example of inflation, not a cause of inflation. Also inflation expectations do not cause inflation or hyperinflation. Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon. The only thing that causes it is the currency supply exceeding the supply of goods and services. Despite the common refrain that we have shortages, in fact there's no evidence of that. The US had the largest trade deficit ever this year, indicating that there were no problems importing goods. The problem is how much currency is chasing those goods.

[@simonbarrett9568]

You do chart inflation was go up before covid it what down with covid now it go up again with the 5 million house deficit in America

[@windyfanatic498]

The average Joe does not have a single dollar invested in Stocks, who will be impacted?

[@grewalaman]

Free money ….speculation = inflation

[@davidvest5628]

Going through the comments I just have to say this. Let's all CALM DOWN. It's true things are this way but do you know why the rich keep getting richer? They are smart enough to keep doing whatever they do that works over and over again. Even if some of them are not very ethical. Truth be told, the world has always been like this. My advisor cautioned me back in the pandemic times that it's gonna take at least 5 years for the world economy to normalize again. And it's been rolling out like that so far. I took some measures, diversified my then $120k portfolio into more time tested holdings, today it's close to the $1M mark. Do I feel the inflation, sure! but can I live with it, YES! All because I played the game smart. The sooner you work on something, the better and faster the results. Of course the economy is like a storm right now but I can bet you that A LOT OF PEOPLE still live their normal lives. Cut down spending a little bit, adjust to the state of things and surely you'll weather this storm. Don't get me wrong, most politicians and banks are still selfish i**ots

[@johnnyellis8928]

I'm 54 and my wife and I are VERY worried about our future, gas and food prices rising daily. We have had our savings dwindle with the cost of living into the stratosphere, and we are finding it impossible to replace them. We can get by, but can't seem to get ahead. My condolences to anyone retiring in this crisis, 30 years nonstop just for a crooked system to take all you worked for. You are doing well for yourself. Kudos. Is it your advisor that helped you diversify. This could be worth looking into

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[@vkrgfan]

The stock skyrocketed because of Trump he gave lots of freedom to corporations and instilled lots of confidence in investors. What we see now is going to be different we have outrageous inflation and plummeting stocks due to the lack of raw materials and disruption of global economic system due to Russia Ukraine conflict and sanction. This will never be the same again, it’s just going to get worse even if Biden leaves tomorrow the confidence in the US dollar as global reserve currency on international arena is broken. There is no coming back from that.

[@carlo9524]

If prices go up. So does stocks. Simple.

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Nothing such will happen unless I invest 😂

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[@elizabethmurray5718]

"We the.people" who pay taxes are paying for those who decided to accept stimulus rather than working so now we have inflation.

[@brianbordenkircher52]

COVID was definitely going to effect the economy by at the minimum people changing jobs as some feel safer at home. Printing way more cash definitely caused inflation as people spent or invested more…. But eventually, businesses needed to pay employees more, need to raise prices, resources are going up. But hey, as the market dips, it could be an excellent time to invest soon! :-D

[@christopherstimpson6540]

The first 7 percent of profit goes to inflation. Way to go Brandon.

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