"Whom are we talking about? Not just the shouting heads on CNBC, although they're certainly part of it. Rick Santelli, famous for his 2009 Tea Party rant, also spent much of that year yelling that runaway inflation was coming. It wasn't, but his line never changed. Just two months ago, he told viewers that the Federal Reserve is "preparing for hyperinflation."
You might dismiss the likes of Santelli, saying that they're basically in the entertainment business. But many investors didn't get that memo. I've had professional investors tell me that the quiescence of inflation surprised them, because "all the experts" predicted that it would surge."
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