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title: Stagflation and Asset Management
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/ssrn/7662619/
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updated: 2026-10-30
license: Summaries CC BY 4.0; links go to the original sources
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identifier: SSRN 7662619
source_url: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=7662619
featured: 2026-10-30
citations: unknown
topic: Asset Pricing & Factors
---


# Stagflation and Asset Management

Classifying 107 years of data into real-time inflation and growth states, the study finds sixty-forty portfolios earn negative real returns in both overheating and stagflation conditions.

- Source: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=7662619
- Identifier: SSRN 7662619
- Released: 2026-10-24
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 137 (2026-10-30): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2026-10-30/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): not tracked
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: Asset Pricing & Factors
- Authors: Panashe Bera, Campbell R. Harvey, Kristina Hooper

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