Financials: Inflation, Cryptocurrencies, and Fintech IPOs

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🗓️ 24 May 2021

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Here's the latest from around the financial sector.

Intro: Inflation is on the rise, and there are investor fears that it could get out of control. How should you position your portfolio to thrive in an inflationary environment? Are cryptocurrencies inflation hedges, or are you better off with stocks or precious metals? And one of our favorite fintechs, SoFi, is set to finally go public via merger with Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings V (NYSE: IPOE). Jason and Matt talk about the latest results from the business, as well as what investors should expect when the SPAC merger is finalized.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Industry Focus. The Podcast that dives into a different sector of the stock market each day.
0:11.0	I'm your host Emily Flippin. I'm Jason Moser. I'm Nick Seyple. I'm Dylan Lewis. And today
0:16.0	we're talking financials. Today we're talking consumer goods. Wild Card Wednesday.
0:20.4	And we're talking energy. And today we're talking tech.
0:23.0	Let's dive in.
0:24.0	It's Monday, May 24th.
0:28.0	I'm your host Jason Moser on this week's financial show.
0:32.0	We're going to dig a little bit deeper into the
0:34.8	prospects of inflation, how that relates to all of the volatility we've seen in the
0:39.8	crypto markets recently. Sofai is getting ready to go public.
0:44.7	We're going to talk a little bit more about that and what investors can expect as well
0:49.2	as some recent earnings from SoFi.
0:52.1	Also Square is raising some money. We'll talk a little
0:54.8	bit about what they might do with the two billion dollars that they are going to
1:01.0	be raising. As always we'll have one to watch for you
1:04.1	to wrap up the show.
1:05.6	And as always, I've got my partner in crime here
1:08.6	with me this week.
1:09.5	It's certified financial planner, Mr. Matt, Frankel. Matt, how's everything going? Matt, Mr. Matt,
1:13.0	how's everything going?
1:14.0	Yeah, just great.
1:15.0	It's a brutally hot day in South Carolina.
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