Investing StrategyStock AnalysisDividend Ideas 3 Ways to Protect Your Portfolio Against Inflation Whatâs the best protection against inflation? If you answered âgoldâ, you are (surprisingly) far from the truth. Author: If you answered “gold”, you are (surprisingly) far from the truth. After a complete decade of growth and low-interest rates, the spectrum of rising inflation hit the market for the past few weeks. The latest stats promise us a hot summer with inflation numbers we forgot it could even exist. The last inflation push before April happened back in September… of 2012. Many experts predict several months of high inflation with the rising cost of commodities and consumers with plenty of money in their pockets. While the FED continues to believe it’s a temporary phenomenon, the stock market is cooling off rapidly as investors cash their profit in fear of reduced margin caused by inflation.