How to trade 40-year record inflation

Post Views: 320 Inflation, which has just reached a new four-decade high, has prompted some of Wall Street’s largest investors to double their favorite deals to take advantage of growing price pressures. Consumer prices in the US rose more than expected in January, with the consumer price index rising 7.5% year on year for its highest level since 1982. Steadily high inflation is putting more pressure on the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates. Many longtime money managers and investors – from Paul Tudor Jones to David Einhorn and Seth Clarman – recently warned of the growing threat of market inflation and revealed their preferred deals to hedge risk. In a letter last month, Clarman of the Baupost Group said…