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Will Inflation Hurt Stocks Returns?
Investors may wonder whether stock returns will suffer if inflation keeps rising. Here’s some good news: Inflation isn’t necessarily bad news for stocks. The stock markets are inflation hedge, just like real estate. In the short-term, higher interest rates increase companies’ cost of capital, but in the long run, the higher prices of whatever the company sells result in higher stock prices.