Ty for commenting!

If steem continues to grow, the 9% p.a. inflation will be beaten by STEEM market prizes alone, not to mention that even by just joining a curation trail, you should be able to get about 3% p.a. in curation rewards easily, so you have to beat about 6% inflation.

But yes, of course, investing is always a risk, and there is no safe way to make profit - also I think, there never will be.