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To hedge or not to hedge

Seems that with all this money getting pumped into the economy, inflation is inevitable. Actually, there have already been signs of it and that’s excluding energy and food prices which have sky rocketed. So, a great way to hedge against inflation is to buy hard assets, like real estate, because the price of hard assets is surely going to go up with the rise of inflation; more money chasing the same amount of goods means prices are going to inflate. The main advantages of real estate over other hard assets, like gold, are 1) you get to enjoy it and 2) you can rent it and be paid a dividend. So, time to buy the hard asset that the money will chase first-Nantucket real estate (right in time for summer, too!). To hedge or not to hedge-I know which one I pick.