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What Is Inflation and How Does One Measure It?
To understand inflation, one must first understand what money is and how to measure it. Please read What is Money and How Does One Measure It? before attempting to understand what follows.

Unfortunately there is no general agreement as to the definition of inflation. Here are some of the widely used definitions as noted in Inflation: What the heck is it?

Commonly Used Definitions

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  • Decline in purchasing power of the currency held
  • Rising prices in general (essentially the same as #1 although some might disagree)
  • Rising consumer prices (CPI)
  • Rising producer prices (PPI)
    • <>Rising prices due to expansion...
    By  Michael Shedlock   (+43.68%  risk: moderate)  11/09/09 Comment


    Follow Ups & Other Fun Facts
    A few days ago I wrote somewhat critically about the IQ CPI Inflation Hedged ETF (CPI) and IQ Arb Global Resources ETF (GRES) and said I would try to listen on the conference call IndexIQ was hosting to explain the funds. I was able to get to the call and did learn a few things.

    Regarding CPI I said I was baffled at the complete omission of any sort of TIPS product in favor of such a heavy weight to short term t-bills. I allowed that with stated inflation being so low that t-bills could work for now. They have done backtesting galore and the backtests have been successful. For the last year ...
    By  rogernusbaum   (-16.77%  risk: moderate)  10/30/09 Comment


    Color Me Baffled
    IndexIQ, the "hedge fund" ETF company, is planning to launch two new ETFs this week; the IQ CPI Inflation Hedged ETF (CPI) and IQ Arb Global Resources ETF (GRES). The links point to information about the underlying indexes including the holdings.

    CPI is supposed to "provide a hedge against changes in the U.S. inflation rate by providing a 'real return' or a return above the rate of inflation" and GRES is supposed to pick stocks based on momentum and valuation and use ETFs to hedge.

    <>CPI allocates 54% to the iShares Short (as in short term) Treasury Bond ETF, 29% to the SPDR version of the same...
    By  rogernusbaum   (-16.77%  risk: moderate)  10/26/09 Comment


    Words from the (investment) wise 10.18.09

    Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (October 12 – 18, 2009)

    Risky assets remained in favor during the past week, generally helped along by fairly robust economic data and better-than-expected corporate earnings reports. A number of bourses, crude oil, inflation-linked bonds and high-yielding corporate bonds and currencies recorded fresh highs for the year, whereas gold hit an all-time high of $1,070.20 per ounce.

    <>Assets such as government bonds and the US dollar saw fading demand as safe havens, now that the global economy is on the mend. Similarly, credit default spreads...
    By  Barry Ritholtz   (+33.12%  risk: moderate)  10/18/09 Comment


    Canadian Dollar May Come Under Pressure Ahead of BOC Decision
    The Canadian dollar eased back on Friday after the release of the nation’s consumer price index (CPI) fell for the fourth straight month in September,...
    By  Kathy Lien   (+0.00%)  10/16/09 Comment



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