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by pingpongchef 1901 days ago
Stocks and bonds are still coupled to fiat currencies and will be directly impacted by their perceived deficiencies when compared to crypto.

Hard assets like real estate, land, gold don't fit that bill, but each of their own tradeoffs. Right now cryptocurrencies are making gains against those hard assets so they are more attractive. An investor may wish to diversify among some or all of these options.
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tome 1901 days ago
No, neither inflation-adjusted bonds nor stocks are "coupled" to fiat currencies. You may argue that RPI is not a true measure of inflation. OK, sure. You may argue it's hard to persuade people to buy a hamburger for $2 when it was $1 last year. But the same applies to cryptocurrency (when it's not in a mass speculative bubble)!
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vkou 1901 days ago
Stocks are not coupled to fiat, fiat is just the common medium of exchange for them. Nobody will stop me from trading my GOOG share for a goat, or a baseball card, if I so choose.

Stocks are coupled to the productive output of the firm the stock is issued by, which is coupled to it's real world productivity - which, again, for convenience is measured in a fiat currency.

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JumpCrisscross 1901 days ago
> Nobody will stop me from trading my GOOG share for a goat, or a baseball card, if I so choose.

Nitpick, but the SEC would object to that. That said, American securities regulation has a unique philosophy, i.e. every securities trade must be registered and follow a narrow book of rules unless specifically exempted.

Your broader point, of financial and real assets being proven hedges against inflation, stands.

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tome 1901 days ago
The transaction must be denominated in dollars, but must dollars actually change hands? I don't think so. Companies buy other companies with stock issues all the time.
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JumpCrisscross 1901 days ago
> transaction must be denominated in dollars, but must dollars actually change hands?

I believe it's the other way around. It can be denominated in anything, but trading e.g. the deed to your house for some Apple stock is a no no. (Doesn't have to be U.S. dollars, though.)

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