Dusseldorf The prices are rising rapidly. Everyone is feeling this at the moment – whether it’s going to the cinema or shopping. Lettuce costs 17 percent, cucumbers 30 percent and butter around 44 percent more than last year. This is due to the war in Ukraine, supply bottlenecks and the declining value of the euro.
But is there a way to offset inflation? Mario Lochner is a financial editor at Mission Money and a financial influencer. He usually explains complex financial topics on Tiktok in 60-second videos. In today’s episode of Handelsblatt Today, however, he explains in more detail whether investors should focus more on stocks and bonds or on art and gold when offsetting inflation.
On Tiktok, Lochner usually prepares the topics for a younger audience. Because especially in Generation Z, influencers are becoming increasingly popular.
However, he sees the opportunity to give his more than 300,000 followers financial tips as a double-edged sword. On the one hand, facts can be explained relatively clearly and young people can be encouraged to deal with topics from the financial world. On the other hand, there is a high risk that followers will follow the tips without doing their own research. “I see myself as a good friend in the pub who kicks people in the ass and encourages them to do something,” says Lochner. The financial editor thinks that Fynn Kliemann’s case should be a warning: “Unfortunately, there are also black sheep among influencers.”
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Also: The markets are more volatile than they have been for a long time. High inflation, the real estate bubble that is about to burst and the tense situation on the American labor market could now be signs of another financial crash. Stock analyst and Wall Street expert Markus Koch explains in a US stock market outlook whether a financial crisis is to be feared.
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