{"podcast":{"title":"The Living Market Podcast","slug":"the-living-market-podcast-5452426","podcast_index_feed_id":5452426,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/thelivingmarket/feed.xml","website_url":"https://thelivingmarket.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/14245949/MicrosoftTeams-image_10__w9g2hg.png","author":"IG Wealth Management","episode_count":100,"summary":"Inflation. Volatility. Bears and Bulls. There’s a lot to unpack in the markets – especially right now. Host Philip Petursson, Chief Investment Strategist at IG Wealth Management, brings clarity to the markets by sharing his views on the trends dominating the investment landscape and how they impact your financial life. Join Philip as he navigates The Living Market.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-30T10:18:40.897022+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-living-market-podcast-5452426"},"episode":{"title":"Are equities a good hedge against inflation?","slug":"are-equities-a-good-hedge-against-inflation","published_at":"2026-06-03T19:13:14+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-living-market-podcast-5452426/are-equities-a-good-hedge-against-inflation","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-living-market-podcast-5452426","url":"https://thelivingmarket.podbean.com/e/are-equities-a-good-hedge-against-inflation/","audio_url":"https://growx.podkite.com/https/PKgih3hzno/mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/7atf4nfp7hbgfh95/Living_Market_EP210_ENG8ay67.mp3","summary":"Is inflation bad for stocks? Ashish Utarid, Assistant Vice-President, Investment Strategy at IG Wealth Management, went back through 76 years of market data to test that assumption, and the answer is more nuanced than most investors might expect. Stocks have been at least partial inflation hedges across most of the range we've actually lived through. The real risk isn't the inflation level itself; it's the policy response and whether that response tips the economy into a downturn.","meta_description":"Is inflation bad for stocks? Ashish Utarid, Assistant Vice-President, Investment Strategy at IG Wealth Management, went back through 76 years of market da…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":423,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-living-market-podcast-5452426/episodes/are-equities-a-good-hedge-against-inflation/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-living-market-podcast-5452426/are-equities-a-good-hedge-against-inflation.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}