– How can opposed investment choices (stock, bonds, cash) all drop at the same time?

Question

How can inflation be so high (cash dropping in value) yet stocks and bonds are both also dropping in value? Is it simply just that the whole economy is (and will be) so awful that there is nowhere with any upside?

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Answer 1

Lots of people cashing out of their investments at the same time, or investing in a different asset class (e.g. commodities or property).