#35 Ask an Expert: Inflation – Past, Present and Future

Tune in as Mario Tufano ’02 FIN, interviews Mark Roach, both are partners and portfolio managers at Foundry Partners, LLC. Mario wanted Mark to share his over two decades of experience managing assets in all types of markets with our audience. Listen in as they discuss inflation – how it’s defined and measured, what it has looked like over the past few decades, and what is working and not working for investing in the current market.“Recent concerns of inflation have bubbled to the surface since the start of 2021 as the global economy emerges from the COVID pandemic of 2020.” Mario Tufano ’02 FIN“Wages, with the shortage of employees,…are already showing growth and this will continue if the administration passes a unified basic income standard. This could perpetuate a longer inflation cycle.” –Mark Roach, Managing Director, Foundry Partners, LLC