This article talks about Inflation hedges and how inflation have affected many different aspects of the economy including farmland and mining stocks.The article talks about how inflation has drastically increased over the years, and how inflation has been affecting the economy, especially more specifically the gold economy, and farmland economy. in the article It talks about how inflation went from 1.2% for gold stocks, and rise to about 8.2% over a two-year period.
This article is very similar to what we learned in chapter 4 “Inflation: Recession triggers and profit squeezes” In this chapter it talks about how you can predict a recession due to inflation, and how you can use this information to squeeze out profits in order to benefit your business. In the article it talks about how inflation has skyrocketed over the past few years, and this will most likely lead to a recession. The business owners of these industries should sell Their products when the inflation is high, And squeeze out as much profits as you can.
Reflect on what we learned in the course, find at least one chapter in the textbook where we discuss the related topic, and explain how the chapter(s) is related to the reported event in the article. Do this in at least 100 words.