> If you want to hedge against inflation, I suggest TIPS and maybe a bit of gold.
I need to read up on TIPS, haven't heard about that before. Yes, gold is a decent option as well. However I view Bitcoin as digital gold and it has a few nice properties that gold doesn't have (of course gold has some good properties that Bitcoin doesn't have). One of the aspects of Bitcoin that I appreciate the most, is that it's very easy to carry around with me, for example when travelling on an airplane to another country. The same is not true for gold.
> I would also point out that the market expectation clearly isn't aligned with currencies being 'in trouble' - very low inflation in general right now.
Inflation is actually really high, but its mostly hidden in rising prices for stocks and real estate.
> Inflation is actually really high, but its mostly hidden in rising prices for stocks and real estate.
Sort of. There's inflationary forces (fiscal / stimulatory policy) battling deflationary forces (mainly technological innovation), mainly netting out to a low inflation rate at the moment, as defined by the CPI.
Assets that are not affected by the deflationary forces (such as land, and some types of housing), do tend to increase in value, though some of that is increase is just due to interest rates being so low (since for most consumers the house payment is more important than the absolute price; when interest goes down, prices normally go up).
It would be interesting to do a graph of interest-normalized house/asset prices over time.
I need to read up on TIPS, haven't heard about that before. Yes, gold is a decent option as well. However I view Bitcoin as digital gold and it has a few nice properties that gold doesn't have (of course gold has some good properties that Bitcoin doesn't have). One of the aspects of Bitcoin that I appreciate the most, is that it's very easy to carry around with me, for example when travelling on an airplane to another country. The same is not true for gold.
> I would also point out that the market expectation clearly isn't aligned with currencies being 'in trouble' - very low inflation in general right now.
Inflation is actually really high, but its mostly hidden in rising prices for stocks and real estate.