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Key Macro Investing Themes To Watch For In 2022

No matter how old I get, it never ceases to amaze me how much can happen in a year.

Exactly 12 months ago today, inflation was running at only 1.1%, oil was still under $50 per barrel and Bitcoin was trading at $18,260. Virtually no one had been vaccinated against COVID-19, and even fewer people had ever heard of the word omicron — let alone that it is a letter in the Greek alphabet.

Try to imagine, then, what we’ll be talking about 12 months from now. No one can predict the future, of course; otherwise, we’d all be multi-billionaires.

At the same time, there are a number of key investment themes for 2022 I feel most people would agree on. Below are just a handful:

Inflation Will Stick Around A Little While Longer.

On Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that consumer prices rose at their fastest annual pace in about 40 years. The consumer price index (CPI) increased 6.8% year-over-year in November, the highest of such a reading since June 1982. Among the biggest contributors to higher inflation were gasoline (up 58.1%), natural gas (25.1%), used cars and trucks (31.4%) and clothes (5%).

But as I’ve said before, the official CPI reading could be understating inflation. Prices may very well have increased even more than we’re being led to believe.

By now, you should know what solutions are available to combat inflation’s deleterious impact on your wealth. It’s slightly distressing to look at the following chart, which shows that the total value of deposits in U.S. commercial banks is about to exceed $18 trillion. Inflation is melting away people’s cash faster than the Federal Reserve can print more of it.

As you know, I’ve always recommended a 10% weighting in gold and gold mining stocks for this very reason. Some readers may rightfully point out, though, that gold is set for a loss this year. As of Friday, it was down about 5.8% year-to-date, which would be the metal’s deepest plunge since 2015.

However, if we step back, we see that gold has been positive for the year far more often than it’s been negative. In several instances, it’s significantly outperformed inflation. In fact, had inflation been at 6.8% every year from 1971 to 2020, gold would have beaten it half of the time. Since 2000, 62% of the time.

 

Bitcoin Adoption Will Accelerate Even More.

A new survey by Grayscale Investments appears to confirm this. More than half (55%) of all current Bitcoin investors said they began participating in just the last 12 months, the firm found. Let’s say another 55% admits to the same at the end of 2022. The compounding effect would be incredibly massive as even more people joined a network for an asset whose supply is capped at 21 million.

As Bloomberg’s Mike McGlone put it in a note to investors last week, “Demand and adoption are rising and still appear in the early days versus supply, which is declining.” The analyst sees $100,000 Bitcoin as “good target resistance,” which I agree with.

Spending On The Energy Transition Is About To Blow Up.

Last week, US President Joe Biden signed an executive order directing the federal government to invest in renewables in its quest to go completely “green.”

It won’t be an easy (or cheap) task. The government owns some 300,000 buildings and controls a fleet of more than 600,000 cars and trucks.

Each goal has a different due date. By 2030, 100% of the federal government’s electricity must be generated through carbon pollution-free means (think wind and solar). Five years later, all new vehicle purchases must be of zero-carbon emission cars and trucks. By 2045, all federal buildings must be retrofitted and refurbished.

The U.S. isn’t alone, of course. Germany’s new chancellor, Olaf Scholz, vows to expand spending on renewable energy and phase out coal by 2030. It’s been estimated that for renewables to replace fossil fuels, global investment must triple between now and the end of the decade to around $2.3 trillion per year.

 

Supply Chain Issues Will Persist.

This has given container shipping companies a major headache, but it’s also helped fill their coffers. This year, the industry is set to make a collective $150 billion in profits, a new record, according to maritime research firm Drewry. Next year, earnings could be even more, analysts believe, so there could still be time to start participating.

 
 Armed with this knowledge, you now have a good perspective as to how you should be preparing your portfolio for the year ahead. 

 
 
 
 
 

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