The Money Farm Team

How Does Recession Occur?

A recession is a prolonged period of low economic activity that might last months or even years. When a country’s economy faces negative gross domestic product (GDP), growing unemployment, dropping retail sales, and contracting income and manufacturing metrics for a protracted period of time, experts call it a recession. Recessions are an inescapable element of […]

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What Sectors Do Well During Inflation?

Inflationary times tend to favor five sectors, according to Hartford Funds strategist Sean Markowicz: utilities, real estate investment trusts, energy, consumer staples, and healthcare. What industries benefit the most from inflation? Because energy is an input cost in all economic activity, the energy sector is perhaps the most renowned inflation-resistant sector of the stock market,

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