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Nice. Pretty scary how once it gets going it starts to snowball. Hyperinflation is not just some mathematical calculation of the point of no return. It is a psychological phenomenon. At some point, just to balance the budget maintain elevated asset prices the government will be printing 3 or 4 or 5 trillion dollars in excess of the tax receipts the currently enjoy. Along with that spending will come higher prices. Eventually it won't make any sense to invest in anything because the gains will not keep up with the devaluation of the dollar. Would you want to own an asset that loses 50% of its value in 6 months? People fortunate enough to have any surplus will be clamoring to buy ANYTHING they can get their hands on as the financial fundamentals continue to erode. Interests and debts are exponential functions, so they can only mathematically get worse over time
One bond manager I heard, he gave an interview where he admits to not investing in any bond that has a coupon higher than 1%. The bonds all yield the same given the credit worthiness, but he sees extra risk in a bond paying 6% compared to 1%. HE said one of the quick-fixes he anticipates from governments will be to reduce all coupons to 1% or lower. So if you invest in any collective asset pool that has these types of bonds, some of your asset value will be defaulted on. (In the case of insurance companies needing to recalculate their portfolios, you insurance premiums will be rising to afford the same coverage)
This is all easily understood with one simple heuristic: Capital vs Credit.
If your investment requires someone or something to give you value, then you are at risk. Keep your own value and purchasing power safe from Wallstreet and the banks.
They use financial legal fictions to steal value all of the time. Just look at how systemic naked short sellers sabotage and destroy companies, illegally but with no repercussions from the regulators, all of the time. The paper-ponzi is full of sharks.