How to Hedge Against Inflation?

The Fed announced we can expect to see inflation in the years to come. We will discuss what this means for the market and the ways we can protect ourselves from inflation.

0:00 - Federal Reserve and inflation increase
1:17 - Stagflation of the 1970s
2:08 - What to expect next in the economy?
3:00 - Ways to hedge against inflation
3:35 - Barrick Gold
4:21 - Commodity ETFs
4:38 - Conservative portfolio approach
5:10 - Cryptocurrency
6:36 - Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS)

Traditionally assets are a great way to hedge against inflation. As inflation occurs in the economy the value of assets will rise. However, with the current market uncertainties, here are 5 alternative ways to hedge against inflation:

1. Barrick Gold
finance.yahoo.com/quote/GOLD?p=GOLD&.tsrc=f…

2. Commodity ETFs
etfdb.com/etfdb-category/commodities/

3. Conservative portfolio approach - consider adding a few bond ETFs to your portfolio. Here are a few I recommend:

BLV- Vanguard Long-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares
finance.yahoo.com/quote/BLV?p=BLV&.tsrc=fin…

BIV - Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares
finance.yahoo.com/quote/BIV?p=BIV&.tsrc=fin…

4. Cryptocurrency - my favorite site for buying cryptocurrency (Americans): accounts.binance.us/en/register?ref=35158637

Outside of United States:
binance.com/en

5. Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS) - below is an iShare ETF I recommend adding to your portfolio:

TIP - iShares TIPS Bond ETF
finance.yahoo.com/quote/TIP?p=TIP&.tsrc=fin…