As Inflation Looms, Here’s How Farmland Can Protect Investors

You don’t need to be an economist to see inflation picking up all around us. Prices of commodities from lumber to copper are climbing higher every day.

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As part of prudent asset allocation, our income-producing assets should include assets that act as a hedge against inflation.

Why the Economy Might Be Poised for Long-Term Inflation

Although the pandemic is far from over the world, people are gaining the confidence to make non-essential purchases and do so in significant numbers.

Additional spending will likely drive up the price of household goods. Stock markets are rightly worried about inflation because rising inflation makes consumers more budget-conscious than they are now.

How Inflation Impacts Your Investments

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Inflation makes stocks more volatile as well: value stocks can perform well while dividend-paying stocks may not.

The odds are that the kind of inflation the global economy might face could pull stocks downwards.

In other words, inflation’s impact on your portfolio depends on your asset allocation as well as individual holdings.

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