what is the best investment to make during hyperinflation?
u/lrepfsbc ·
Reddit — r/ValueInvesting
· May 01, 2026 at 02:07
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The author argues that governments, faced with high debt and leverage, will choose hyperinflation (low rates, high inflation) over stagflation (high rates, low growth) to erode debt.
Thesis: Hyperinflation is the likely outcome, and the post asks for the best investment during such a scenario.
Quality assessment: Speculation with a coherent thesis; lacks data or specific analysis, more opinion than well-researched DD.
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just few weeks ago, I was so certain that the economy was heading into stagflation
but each passing days, more and more I'm convinced world is heading into hyperinflation
what is the best investment to make during hyperinflation?
my reason is that even with high inflation because governments hold too much debt and everyone is leveaged to the tits with debts, with fear of economy slowing down, governments would rather push policies that will cause hyperinflation rather than stagflation (keeping low interest rate despite skyrocketing inflation leading to hyperinflation instead of high interest rate causing stagflation)
with hyperinflation (high inflation, low interest rate leading to higher inflation but aiming for growth), governments can still gain economic growth while eroding insane level of government debt.
aiming for stagflation (high interest rate, high inflation, low growth) would basically be suicidal from government's point of view
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