{"id":59474,"date":"2022-04-18T01:20:10","date_gmt":"2022-04-18T08:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drduru.com\/onetwentytwo\/?p=59474"},"modified":"2022-04-18T01:39:59","modified_gmt":"2022-04-18T08:39:59","slug":"inflation-friendly-retail-stocks-are-still-outperforming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drduru.com\/onetwentytwo\/2022\/04\/18\/inflation-friendly-retail-stocks-are-still-outperforming\/","title":{"rendered":"Inflation-Friendly Retail Stocks Are Still Outperforming"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Stock Market Commentary<\/strong>:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Inflation is everywhere in the global economy, and inflation will hang around for some time to come. The inflation problem is so bad that the Federal Reserve does not think inflation will return to its 2% target for another three years<\/a>. While economists and pundits debate about how long inflation will last, how much exists (sometimes whether inflation really exists), and how it will eventually get resolved, inflation-friendly stocks are rallying and breaking out. Even in retail, inflation-friendly stocks abound. These retailers and retail products are choice picks because either they offer price-shocked consumers a refuge and\/or they offer goods which consumers consider necessities. Necessary goods maintain an even more important part of even an inflation-pressured budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, the time to buy these inflation-friendly stocks was back when “transitory” and “base effects” were buzzwords shouting out the growing inflationary dangers (“peak inflation” is the latest buzzword comfort food). Now, headlines are constantly screaming about inflation; it is now cool to worry about inflation<\/a>. Accordingly, most of the stocks below are far out-performing the bearish stock market<\/a> and are quite expensive relative to the market and themselves. Still, they are worth considering on dips as long as the inflationary environment persists. As a double-bonus, many of these stocks could continue to fare well if the Federal Reserve’s tardy commitment to normalizing monetary policy throws the economy into a recession.<\/p>\n\n\n\n