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Massive government stimulus almost guarantees that the economy will be subject to some kind of deflation, followed by other forms of "—flation" that are equally problematic. Here are some suggestions for protecting clients' portfolios against deflation, inflation, and hyperinflation.
When computers and flat-screen television sets get cheaper, most people are happy about it. But real deflation—an across-the-board decline in prices and incomes—is another matter. It was one of the horrors of the Great Depression.
Kent Smetters, Wharton insurance and risk management professor, explains how inflation "destroys the value [of investments] gradually by eroding real returns over time."
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