"A framework for evaluating whether an asset will track or beat monetary debasement: financialization (debt/derivative-driven demand), inflation-sensitive yield (floating vs. fixed income), and secular supply/demand imbalance (structural scarcity vs. cyclical noise)."
The Three-Criteria Asset Filter
A framework for evaluating whether an asset will track or beat monetary debasement: financialization (debt/derivative-driven demand), inflation-sensitive yield (floating vs. fixed income), and secular supply/demand imbalance (structural scarcity vs. cyclical noise).
Where This Idea Comes From
Developed in "There Is No Alternative But Inflation" as the practical answer to "just buy assets" — financialization, inflation-sensitive yield, and secular supply/demand imbalance — and applied in the piece to two real, checkable cases: junk silver and Chinese Panda numismatics bought since the late 2000s, and an ongoing Bitcoin dollar-cost-average position.