If inflation is happening couldn't we all just short the dollar at the same time and get rich?
>>62026849US President Nixon already said doing this you will be treated as a domestic terrorist.
>>62026849>Short USDYou mean... Buy commodities..?>I'll sell you $1 for $1!>Then when $1 is worth $0.50, I'll use my $1 to buy TWO DOLLARS!
>>62026849You can short USD by buying a house. Have you bought one yet?
It's hard to short the dollar because everyone else rushes to debase even faster.The traditional monetarist answer is shit like >>62027080. Go take out a loan and buy assets.
>>62026875as you shouldgold standard means defying the gubbmint
Inflation rate is lower than the cost to borrow. If it were not, then lenders would have no incentive to lend as it just loses them money. Shorting is borrowing
>>62026849you can short inflation by borrowing money. just make sure it aint nigger 400 credit score tier interest rates.
>>62026849people tried that by dumping every last fiat token into crypto, real estate and stockshow is that performance been YTD?
>>62027091You'd think that intuitively until you broaden your horizons to the sort of rehypothecation and other such fuckery the banks do to lever more in the short term. Or how they don't really hold your loan typically all that long when they send it off to the securitization sausage factory. Banks aren't in the business of losing money yes but unless they're a credit union or very small local bank they aren't even typically holding your loan.
>>62027254why cant the bank just give me money for free for in exchange for nothing in return? what's their problem?
