Sentences with phrase «such as hedging against inflation»

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You can even use ETFs to directly implement a hedge, such as using an inverse S&P 500 ETF to hedge large - cap exposure, or commodity ETFs to hedge against inflation.

Kevin Murphy says — David: Would a reverse ETF such as the Proshares Ultrashort treasury funds be a good hedge against inflation or a failure of the Government to finance it's obligations at current interest rates?

Historically, commodities such as metals and agricultural products have been a good hedge against inflation, though their prices can be volatile.

Commodities have historically provided investors with a hedge against inflation, a way to capitalize on the growth of emerging economies around the world as well as returns that are uncorrelated to more traditional asset classes, such as stocks and bonds.

But on the flip side, at least you can hedge against this inflation with assets you may own such as your home and investments.

While I can understand the value in having hedges against inflation, I'm at a bit of a loss over the value of having gold versus TIPS since gold has the possibility of losing value versus what I paid for while it while instruments such as the TIPS don't have that problem.

Commodities have historically provided investors with a hedge against inflation, as well as returns that are uncorrelated to more traditional asset classes, such as stocks and bonds.

In fact institutional investors, such as leading endowments and foundations, have long used investments in real assets such as real estate, commodities, timber and energy as both a hedge against inflation and as a core diversifier.»