What the collectibles market tells us about inflation

We are right in the tail end of Q4 earnings season. Here's what you need to know. Unsubscribe Good afternoon -  Late last year, I noticed an interesting trend in the collectibles and real assets markets. Everything is going up and to the right. Apartment Buildings Bitcoin Commercial Strip Centers Fine Art Gold and Silver Michael Jordan Rookie Cards Swiss Watches Vintage Pokemon Cards Why would every single collectible market be going up at once? Why would every real asset that cannot be easily duplicated be going up and to the right? The answer is inflation. People are pouring money into real assets to survive the coming inflation. During the 2008 crisis, people were shocked at the price tag of the $700 billion TARP program to bail out the banks. Since COVID, The government has already passed $2.4 trillion (that's $2,400,000,000,000 dollars!) in COVID response bills. Now the Biden administration is proposing a $1.9 trillion COVID response bill. All of this free money that's being handed out left and right is going to put more money in people's pockets and cause them to compete for a finite pool of goods and services, which will push up prices on practically everything. MarketBeat is closely following the new stimulus package and other leading indicators on inflation. Every Monday morning, we'll be sending out a new stock idea to our SMS subscribers based on these developments and other activities in the market. These alerts are completely free, but you need to opt-in to receive them.  Get MarketBeat's Monday Morning SMS Alert Here (no cost)   Matthew Paulson MarketBeat

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