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what happens to stocks during hyperinflation
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stocks in the weimar hyperinflation are discussed in when money dies. i don't own a copy of the book but here is a link to a blog post about it. speculation on the stock exchange has spread to all ranks of the   population and shares rise like air balloons to limitless heights basically, the stock market did very well (i.e. the us dollar value of stocks increased quite a lot. of course, the price of everything increased if measured in marks.) quote from the article: bottom line: in marks, stocks had an amazing run. even in usd they had   a nice runup. it makes sense that the stock market would skyrocket because (a) if  money has no value, then people will want to replace money with tangible things like goods, and since a stock represents a share in the factories and things which a company owns, it makes sense that you would want them and (b) if money has no value anyway, why not gamble with it? i would be interested to hear what happened in other hyperinflations.
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