Uh oh: Secret Walmart Survey Shows Inflation Already Here

CNBC ^ | Thursday, 11 Nov 2010 | 2:59 PM ET | John Melloy

[Quix]

The rush to the engineered famine marches on.

[The Comedian]

The rush to the engineered famine marches on.

I'm waiting for that particular meme to show up in my data sets. Hasn't yet, thank God, but I know it's going to.

Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

[Oatka]

This household no longer does "chips".

This household either. When Wal-Mart chips went from $1.50 to $1.98 OVERNIGHT, I said Sayonara. Luckily, the local Smiths store has Pringles at $1 a can. I don't like their looks - no character, all clones, but they taste OK.

Items no longer go up a few cents at a time, it's now in increments of 10-20%.

[Silentgypsy]

No kidding.

[Quix]

FAMINE

OR

ENGINEERED FAMINE?

[The Comedian]

FAMINE OR ENGINEERED FAMINE?

That, I don't know. Have to add some target language to cover both and see what shows up.

Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

[Quix]

ahhhhhh

[tbw2]

Wall Street Journal had an article on the bunker survival portfolio. That might be a good hedge against inflation. However, other than buying each of the stocks in their list individually, what other ETFs, mutual funds, or investments would invest in these "survival" essentials?

Note: no precious metal recommendations please, including lead.