Beset by rising interest rates, the real estate sector is struggling this year, but those declines could be creating value opportunities and the chance for investors to embrace beaten-up quality names. Names that are more
Whether it’s for a continued inflation hedge or to simply diversify a portfolio with more alternative assets as commodity prices push higher, a broad-based exchange traded fund (ETFs) from Teucrium is worth
This means that Michael Burry’s hedge fund is now 100% invested in real assets and then holding a lot of cash. A more accurate headline would be: Burry is heavily investing in real assets and holding cash to protect
“The yen has been volatile in recent trading sessions,” Kamakshya Trivedi, co-head of global foreign exchange, interest rates, and emerging-markets strategy research at Goldman Sachs, told the WSJ. The yen
Anyone who’s followed the commentary of The Lead-Lag Report across various investor portals since the fag end of last year would note that I’ve been stating that the real pernicious risk for the financial markets, is deflation, and not so much inflation. Over the years, COMT has proven to
For income investors, 2022 has been a trying time. Interest rates are rising, acting as a drag on the bond market. Conversely, inflation remains high, eroding purchasing power and amplifying the need for income.
Copper prices at one point in the past week dipped below $7,000 per metric ton for the first time since 2020 amid growing calls of a global economic recession. On Friday, the United States Copper Index Fund
The traditional 60-40 stock-bond split won’t cut it in a world where the threat of inflation and slow growth provides ample headwinds for portfolio gains, which makes a multi-asset strategy necessary.
In the past three years, DBEF’s 8.7% annualized return was stronger than the 4.9% for the iShares MSCI EAFE ETF ( EFA ), While DBEF has lost 4.6% in value in 2022, the currency-hedged offering’s return was approximately 750 basis points narrower than the unhedged product. The
The PowerShares DB U.S. Dollar Index Bullish Fund (NYSEArca: UUP), which tracks the USD’s movements against a basket of major developed currencies, has declined 3.1% since its record high in mid-May.
Reinforcing this trend is the European Central Bank’s continued pursuit of an expansionary monetary policy, even after the Fed ended its Quantitative Easing (“QE”) program and began raising rates. Continued
A wheat commodity-related exchange traded fund surged Monday after India banned exports of wheat in response to growing food security issues. “Traders say that the new ban puts an additional strain on the world export market, considering that India was expected to be an
The U.S. dollar and related exchange traded funds continued to strengthen against international currencies, reflecting the ongoing demand for U.S. assets like Treasuries, whose yields have jumped this