This is from what I have researched on SO far in the past 30 days.
1. EXPECT your basic food items to go up another 15- 30% in price hikes. I am basing this on going to several food markets in my region. Since I live in one of the most expensive regions in the US, if not the world my data has been spot on for several years now.
2. IMHO Walmart is the last line of defense in getting cheap food (besides food banks). However even Walmart products have gone up between 30 to 50% of what it was since DEC 2021. A lot of great value GV have risen in price as well not being stocked in order to move the more expensive items.
I am not paying 6 bucks for 3 SoS pads nor am I paying 6 dollars for Clorox bleach because they are name brand items.
I have not seen this bad since 1976 as far as empty shelves and high prices.
3. Expect your heating/gas/Electric bill another 30 to 50% this coming of/during winter.
4. Expect your gas for your car to go up and then stagnate for rest of the winter. I've already seen the gas go up 70 cents from its lows since last month.
5. DO NOT BELIEVE IN PRICING IN THE HOUSING MARKET. IMHO I have been seeing some price reduction HOWEVER I am seeing some serious market manipulation going on at a feverish pitch. IMHO BE AWARE THAT THE HOUSING MARKET IS STILL OVER 20% OVERINFLATED.
And at the mortgage rate of 6.5% or higher for a 30 year loan as of this posting is double the amount for last year. So its all BULLSHIT, so be aware before you buy.
I will not buy into that load of crap. PERIOD. Which is "why" I am Rich and "they" are peddling their wares.
This is in line with my long term strategy, make money and save during the good times AND YES 2010- 2014 and 2019 were good times to make GOOD money and save. Then when the BAD times come you use your savings and your common sense to make things easier for you.
Because of the concept of long term financial planning as well as acquiring resources for long term use I have so far reduced my losses for this quarter to around 3.5% Yearly NET loss in profits. This means I'm still making a good size profit right now, just not as much as last year. The reason why I posted this comment is because you have to have a long term plan IF YOU WANT TO BE SUCCESSFUL
Short term plans just do not work in my humble opinion.
NOW IF YOU HAVE DISPOSIBLE INCOME, Like I and several millionaires and don't want to play the market, have you might want to look at the CD rates
So for every 100 grand and lets say for a year , you can get over $3250 in interest @ 3.25% APR right now.
Yea I deal in the 6 figure amounts but you already knew that since I've already shown my cash on hand as well as stating I am looking to buy a house with cash.
So lets say I did not buy that house for 300K, you are going to get a 10K return rate, or $800+ a month.
This is how the rich also makes their money, buy making the money on hand make money for themselves.
Shit its better than nothing.
Again if you have stock up on your basic needs I suggest you do so. It's going to be one hell of a winter coming up for all of us. I am and have been prepared for 2 plus years and in my case it has been paying dividends for being prepared for the worse.