Best Hedges/Investments Against Inflation?
Responses to Tim Ferriss’ question. (Yes, BTC is included…)

Tim Ferriss is an influential podcaster. He asks good questions. To this end, on November 18, 2021, he posed the following question on Twitter.

A slew of responses followed. Below are some of the more insightful ones. Unsurprisingly, Bitcoin is a popular investment idea/hedge to ward off inflation. Other interesting ideas, however, were tweeted. Investors might be able to benefit from them.
Responses: Ranked By # Of Twitter Followers
1,800,000 Followers

299,200 Followers

92,000 Followers

85,700 Followers

3,449 Followers

2,064 Followers

1,403 Followers

1,119 Followers

1,005 Followers

742 Followers

557 Followers

73 Followers

3 Followers

Crowdsource’s Takeaway
Unless one is a Bitcoin Maximalist, Tim Ferriss’ crowdsourcing exercise uncovered several interesting asset classes that might benefit one’s portfolio during the current inflationary environment. Namely:
- Bitcoin
- Stable coin yields
- Other cryptocurrencies
- Commodities
- Commodity producers
- Trend-following commodity trading advisors (CTAs)
- Real estate/rents
- Entrepreneurship
- Equities
- Silver/ Gold (apparently, also a hedge against Bitcoin)
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