High inflation, which is crushing people's savings for the second year in a row, often leads to questions about how to protect their money from long-term unprecedented price increases. Ordinary savings products in banks typically don't even cover half of last year's price rises. Investing in equities appears to be a relatively suitable but slightly riskier alternative. But which ones? Investing in equities is a good servant, but it can also be a bad master. Especially for the inexperienced investor. Some of the most common beginner mistakes include betting on one title or one market segment, trying to guess the price bottom, or giving in to emotions when your investment doesn't perform as you expect. Nevertheless, stock markets tend to be a fairly solid way to beat price increases in the economy, i.e. inflation, over the long term. The problem for beginners, however, is how to choose a stock portfolio that actually follows this trend. Unless a novice investor cons...