Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, prices of goods climbed rapidly from 2020 to the beginning of 2023. In the summer of 2022, consumer prices were increasing at a 9.1 percent yearly pace, according to The New York Times. By November 2023, that figure was down to just 3.1 percent as inflation was beginning to cool.
The majority of people understand that inflation will increase the price of groceries and decrease the value of the dollar in their pocket, but inflation is much more than that, as it impacts all parts of the economy. Although inflation is slowing down as 2024 begins, it is still having a prominent effect on the economy — such as increased costs, higher interest rates, greater economic inequality, and reduced purchasing power.
The rate of inflation also represents how quickly investments can lose their value as prices increase over time. The impact of inflation on investments depends on the type of investment. For those with a set annual return, such as bonds and mutual funds, inflation can hurt the outcome. For stocks, inflation can have a varied effect.
In order to navigate inflation and how it affects investments, it is important to have experts to guide the way of this tricky topic. David Capablanca, dubbed a “master trader,” is one of these experts that helps others navigate that art of investing.
Capablanca’s story is one of grit and determination. He is a man of many talents, as he is both a highly skilled architect and a master of short sell trading. After years of honing his skills in trading, Capablanca now boasts over a 90-percent win ratio. His journey into trading was on the basis of achieving financial freedom and getting rid of his overwhelming student debt.
Currently, Capablanca is a trader, mentor and advocate for short selling. While many may believe that working as a stock trader is an easy way to cash out big-time, Capablanca proves that it takes lots of hard work and dedication to become the best of the best.
Capablanca describes himself as “hardcore” when it comes to trading. “I wake up at 1 a.m. West Coast time and trade for about half an hour to an hour, depending on what I see,” said Capablanca. “Then, I go to bed from 2 a.m. to 6 a.m. When I wake up, I trade until the market closes and I’m working on podcasts, sending emails and being productive simultaneously throughout the whole day.
A lot of traders want the dream of working five minutes a day, and that’s what sells on TikTok, but I just love this stuff so I’m constantly working on improving,” continued Capablanca. “I send trade reviews out to my community on my Discord and YouTube, and I have a system that is really seamless. It’s hardcore to do what I do, so I’m in this to achieve the highest level of success that I can in this field.”
“95 percent of all traders fail,” is a common trope floating around the internet, but Capablanca is one of the few that has stuck with it and reached a new level of success. Through the Conscious Trading Academy, Capablanca and his partner work to inspire a new generation of traders in a way that goes beyond simply market knowledge and technical analysis — they are teaching traders to utilize their emotional intelligence, self-awareness, and a deep understanding of their own values and goals in order to have the ability to withstand circumstances, such as fluctuations in inflation.
At the Conscious Trading Academy, Capablanca helps others who want to deeper understand the world of trading. He lays out a blueprint consisting of about 15 to 20 hours worth of material that explains the process he goes through when trading. The information is a combination of mindset mastery and expert trading skills.
“Having the right mindset is essential for trading, because different thoughts creep into our heads of self-doubt or worthiness of success,” said Capablanca. “So, we provide a combination of mindset and skillset work in the academy.” For Capablanca, this combination of mindset work and trading skills are the keys to success in this industry.
Conscious Trading Academy offers a complete blueprint for mindset and trading mastery, where Capablanca goes in depth on all of his processes that have made him successful in the industry.
Capablanca says, “We believe that conscious trading goes beyond technical analysis and have developed a course that integrated emotional intelligence, self-awareness, and extensive knowledge of the market.”
He holds masterclasses bi-weekly, so each user is consistently involved and staying up-to-date on current information in the market. “I did a lot of the heavy lifting so that people will know how I did everything,” said Capablanca. He’s known as one of the sharpest minds in short selling, and he will continue teaching others the power of short selling and how to achieve success in the markets.
So, as the markets are constantly changing and inflation is rising and falling, Capablanca will continue to help others understand the power and freedom of trading through any circumstance with Conscious Trading Academy, his podcast — the Friendly Bear Podcast, a weekly show that focuses on interviewing some of the world’s best traders—, and his social media accounts.
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