How Do Income Investments Keep Pace with Inflation?

Inflation is currently at 6.4% and the FED has made it clear that they’re going to do what it takes to fight it and get it down to 2%. Personally I think this will take a couple of years and in the short run we can still expect high inflation. How do you keep pace with it in the short run, and in the long run?

In the short run, the answer is simple: you don’t. There’s no investment out there that’s going to guarantee you a 6.4% return rate every year. Even with stocks, you have to be in it for the long run to get that rate of return.

In the long run, keeping pace with inflation could come down to income investments as a viable option. How?