Corn and soybean futures rocketed higher on Tuesday amid a decline in crop yields, sending agricultural ETFs higher as well. Agricultural ETFs gained amid revisions from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s January World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates, or WASDE, that hammered projected ending stocks for both commodities, reflecting limits to last year’s U.S. production estimates and a more nebulous outlook for South American crops.
Tactical Allocation Channel Gold prices are still up about 19% within the past year, but have stumbled to start the new year. As Treasury yields start to move higher, keep an eye on a pair of ETFs: the VanEck Vectors Gold Miners ETF ( GDX B+ ) and the VanEck Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF ( GDXJ B ). GDX seeks to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the NYSE® Arca Gold Miners Index®.
The euro started the new year strong, but despite this, some analysts are tepid on its rally. That said, it helps to use ETFs that can hedge the euro against the dollar like the Xtrackers MSCI Europe Hedged Equity ETF (DBEU) and the Xtrackers MSCI Eurozone Hedged Equity ETF (DBEZ) .
Fixed-income investors who are anticipating a higher level of inflation in the years ahead have already been shifting into Treasury inflation-protected securities-related exchange traded funds. Over the past month, the iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF (IEF) , which tracks U.S. Treasury bonds with remaining maturities between seven and ten years, suffered $1.4 billion in net outflows while the iShares TIPS Bond ETF (TIP) , which is composed of inflation-protected U.S. Treasury bonds, attracted $1.7 billion in net inflows.
In times of market uncertainty, getting multi-asset exposure can help diversify a portfolio by adding uncorrelated assets to the mix in order to mitigate concentration risk in a particular asset class. But when an investor wants multi-asset exposure and income at the same time, there are ETFs to handle that: Invesco Zacks Multi-Asset Income ETF (CVY) .
As the new year approaches, investors can look to cheap index-based exchange traded fund strategies to create a well-rounded, diversified investment portfolio for 2021. “Diversification helps investors to navigate fast-changing markets and stay the course to pursue their financial goals.
By David Schassler, Portfolio Manager and Head of Portfolio and Quantitative Investment Solutions, VanEck VanEck NDR Managed Allocation Fund (NDRMX) tactically adjusts its asset class exposures each month across global stocks, U.S. fixed income and cash.
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