Stocks, Oil, Inflation & the 1970's

In this episode of "What's the Risk", we take a look back at the 1970's. People may or may not know there was an oil embargo in the 1970's and a significant spike in the price of oil. There was also consistently high inflation, and a recession in the early to mid part of the decade.What did that mean for investing? Very simply there was a significant market downturn in 1973 & 1974, and it was very hard to achieve a return that bested inflation?What does that mean for today? Well we don't know, but we do look at the data available, considering size in the US along with value and profitability and find out could investors find an inflation beating return anywhere?Want to learn more about investing? Search for "Your Investment Philosophy" on Amazon, Australian link: https://www.amazon.com.au/Your-Investment-Philosophy-Protecting-Fraudsters-ebook/dp/B0BCPJ8BGC/ https://www.mfg.com.au Mancell Financial Group is an Authorised Representative No. 226266 and Credit Representative No. 403187 of FYG Planners Pty Ltd, AFSL/ACL No. 224543. ABN 29 009 541 253. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.